The Effect of Slot-Code Optimization in Warehouse Order Picking

This work presents the effect, in terms of travel distance and material handling time reductions, of an optimal rather than a uniform item allocation in one-block picking warehouses, both with and without the use of a simple picking heuristic. Since developing efficient product-location strategies r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrea Fumi, Laura Scarabotti, Massimiliano M. Schiraldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-07-01
Series:International Journal of Engineering Business Management
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/56803