Warehousing in the e-commerce era: A survey

N Boysen, R De Koster, F Weidinger - European Journal of Operational …, 2019 - Elsevier
E-commerce retailers face the challenge to assemble large numbers of time-critical picking
orders each consisting of just a few order lines with low order quantities. Traditional picker-to …

Designing efficient order picking systems by combining planning problems: State-of-the-art classification and review

T Van Gils, K Ramaekers, A Caris… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Warehouses deliver labor-intensive services to customers. Underperformance may result in
high costs and unsatisfied customer demand. New market developments force warehouses …

[HTML][HTML] A survey and analysis of the first 40 years of scholarly literature in DEA: 1978–2016

A Emrouznejad, G Yang - Socio-economic planning sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Organizing warehouse management

N Faber, MBM De Koster, A Smidts - International Journal of …, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate how warehouse management,
understood as a cluster of planning and control decisions and procedures, is organized and …

Increasing order picking efficiency by integrating storage, batching, zone picking, and routing policy decisions

T Van Gils, K Ramaekers, K Braekers, B Depaire… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to differentiate from competitors in terms of customer service, warehouses accept
late orders while providing delivery in a quick and timely way. This trend leads to a reduced …

Warehouse management system customization and information availability in 3pl companies: A decision-support tool

G Baruffaldi, R Accorsi, R Manzini - Industrial management & data …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate an original decision-support tool (DST) that
aids 3PL managers to decide on the proper warehouse management system (WMS) …

[HTML][HTML] Decision rules for robotic mobile fulfillment systems

M Merschformann, T Lamballais… - Operations Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems (RMFS) is a new type of robotized, parts-to-
picker material handling system, designed especially for e-commerce warehouses. Robots …

Robot scheduling for mobile‐rack warehouses: Human–robot coordinated order picking systems

Z Wang, JB Sheu, CP Teo, G Xue - Production and Operations …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intelligent part‐to‐picker systems are spreading across a broad range of industries as
preferred solutions for agile order fulfillment, wherein mobile racks are carried by robots and …

Identifying sustainable warehouse management system indicators and proposing new weighting method

M Torabizadeh, NM Yusof, A Ma'aram… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The performance of a sustainable warehouse management system is a multidimensional
concept based on the triple bottom line approach. It has been a challenge to identify the key …

Can we work more safely and healthily with robot partners? A human‐friendly robot–human‐coordinated order fulfillment scheme

JB Sheu, TM Choi - Production and Operations …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This work addresses the issue of intelligent robot–human‐coordinated parts‐to‐picker order
fulfillment carried out in a human‐friendly manner. One unique feature of the proposed …