A Polling-Based Dynamic Order-Picking System considering Priority Orders
Nowadays, how to offer extremely fast response to customer orders has become a major challenge for warehouse management, especially in e-commerce. Due to the time urgency aspect of some “VIP” orders that need priority processing, one of the most important issues for logistics distribution centres is...
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doaj-8f074a82c12e449abedf66a69c12b5812020-11-25T03:22:00ZengHindawi-WileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262020-01-01202010.1155/2020/45953164595316A Polling-Based Dynamic Order-Picking System considering Priority OrdersWenxue Ran0Sen Liu1Zhe Zhang2School of Logistics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming 650221, ChinaSchool of Logistics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming 650221, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, ChinaNowadays, how to offer extremely fast response to customer orders has become a major challenge for warehouse management, especially in e-commerce. Due to the time urgency aspect of some “VIP” orders that need priority processing, one of the most important issues for logistics distribution centres is how to improve the VIP order-picking priority without reducing the common order-picking efficiency. With this consideration, this article put forward a new priority polling model to describe and analyse this problem. We divide orders into priority and common categories according to their time urgency. A mathematical model is established for such a system by applying polling theory, a probability generating function, and an embedded Markov chain. Numerical analysis shows that this priority polling-based picking system can improve the picking efficiency and is well suited to practical operations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4595316 |
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A Polling-Based Dynamic Order-Picking System considering Priority Orders |
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A Polling-Based Dynamic Order-Picking System considering Priority Orders |
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A Polling-Based Dynamic Order-Picking System considering Priority Orders |
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Nowadays, how to offer extremely fast response to customer orders has become a major challenge for warehouse management, especially in e-commerce. Due to the time urgency aspect of some “VIP” orders that need priority processing, one of the most important issues for logistics distribution centres is how to improve the VIP order-picking priority without reducing the common order-picking efficiency. With this consideration, this article put forward a new priority polling model to describe and analyse this problem. We divide orders into priority and common categories according to their time urgency. A mathematical model is established for such a system by applying polling theory, a probability generating function, and an embedded Markov chain. Numerical analysis shows that this priority polling-based picking system can improve the picking efficiency and is well suited to practical operations. |
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