ORDER BATCHING PROCEDURES

被引:129
作者
GIBSON, DR
SHARP, GP
机构
[1] Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Atlanta
关键词
ORDER RETRIEVAL; ORDER BATCHING; CLUSTERING; WAREHOUSING;
D O I
10.1016/0377-2217(92)90235-2
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Computer simulation is used to compare two new procedures for batching orders in an order retrieval system against a baseline procedure. The factors considered are the travel metric, warehouse representation, item location assignments, number of items per order. and the total number of orders considered. The results indicate that the two new procedures, in combination with skewed (ABC) item location assignments can reduce batch tour lengths by up to 44%.
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页码:57 / 67
页数:11
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