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Title: | Increasing order picking efficiency by integrating storage, batching, zone picking, and routing policy decisions | Authors: | VAN GILS, Teun RAMAEKERS, Katrien BRAEKERS, Kris DEPAIRE, Benoit CARIS, An |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | International journal of production economics, 197, p. 243-261 | Abstract: | In order to differentiate from competitors in terms of customer service, warehouses accept late orders while providing delivery in a quick and timely way. This trend leads to a reduced time to pick an order. The main objectives of this research are to determine which order picking planning problems are related, to explain why and how individual planning problems are related, and to identify excellent performing policy combinations in several practical situations. Previous research shows contradictory findings on which planning problems are related. This paper is the first that explicitly analyzes and statistically proves the relations among storage, batching, zoning, and routing by a full factorial ANOVA. The value of combining the four main order picking planning problems is shown with a real-life case study as well as for multiple generalized warehouse designs. The results of the study clearly indicate that warehouses can achieve significant benefits by considering storage, batching, zone picking, and routing policies simultaneously. Awareness of the influence of an individual planning problem on the overall order picking performance is required to manage warehouse operations, resulting in a reduced order pick time. | Keywords: | Order picking; Storage; Order batching; Zone picking; Routing; Warehouse policies interactions | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/25634 | ISSN: | 0925-5273 | e-ISSN: | 1873-7579 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.11.021 | ISI #: | 000425575600019 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2019 |
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