A Dedicated Storage Location Assignment Algorithm that Optimises Order-picking Time Cover Image

Algorytm składowania dedykowanego optymalizujący czas kompletacji wyrobów
A Dedicated Storage Location Assignment Algorithm that Optimises Order-picking Time

Author(s): Grzegorz Tarczyński
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: order-picking; warehousing; storage location assignment; optimisation; simulations

Summary/Abstract: An essential element of warehouse work which can be optimised is order-picking time. It can be minimised by determining the shortest picker’s route and the appropriate storage location assignment of items. In this paper only one-block rectangular warehouses with picker-to-part order picking systems are considered. The warehouse processes are presented. The routing heuristics and the optimal algorithm and storage location assignment methods are described. Against this background the original dedicated storage location assignment algorithms are presented. The efficiency of the methods is verified using simulations. For the calculations the original software Warehouse Real-Time Simulator is used.

  • Issue Year: 940/2015
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 131-144
  • Page Count: 14