Reassigning storage locations in a warehouse to optimize the order picking process

Monika Kofler, Andreas Beham, Stefan Wagner, Michael Affenzeller, Clemens Reitinger

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Abstract

Warehouses are an essential component of the supply chain, used for buffering the material flow, stock consolidation and value-added-processing. Operation managers typically do a good job of filling their warehouse but initially assigned storage locations might become sub-optimal over time, due to seasonal fluctuations in demand, short product life cycles or high inventory levels. Fragmented storage is a particular issue in order picking environments, where the optimal storage location of a product is not only dependent on its turn-over rate but also on the storage locations of items that frequently occur in the same picking job. In practice, operations managers are forced to periodically reorganize the warehouse to keep it operating efficiently. This process is generally done manually without any decision-support tool. In this paper we introduce an optimization approach that automatically reorganized item locations. Results are evaluated using a simulation model that simulates the picking and transport processes in the warehouse.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel22th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2010
Seiten77-82
Seitenumfang6
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2010
Veranstaltung22th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2010 - Fes, Marokko
Dauer: 13 Okt. 201015 Okt. 2010

Publikationsreihe

Name22th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2010

Konferenz

Konferenz22th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2010
Land/GebietMarokko
OrtFes
Zeitraum13.10.201015.10.2010

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