[HTML][HTML] Human factors in production and logistics systems of the future

F Sgarbossa, EH Grosse, WP Neumann… - Annual Reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The way humans work in production and logistics systems is changing. The evolution of
technologies, Industry 4.0 applications, and societal changes, such as ageing workforces …

A literature review of smart warehouse operations management

L Zhen, H Li - Frontiers of Engineering Management, 2022 - Springer
E-commerce, new retail, and other changes have highlighted the requirement of high
efficiency and accuracy in the logistics service. As an important section in logistics and …

Application of supportive and substitutive technologies in manual warehouse order picking: a content analysis

EH Grosse - International Journal of Production Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Order picking in warehouses is a labour-and time-intensive logistical process that
significantly impacts the efficiency of supply chains. Although technical progress facilitates …

Practical factors in order picking planning: state-of-the-art classification and review

S Vanheusden, T van Gils, K Ramaekers… - … Journal of Production …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Market trends such as globalisation, increasing customer expectations, expensive industrial
land and high labour costs cause a need for efficient order picking systems in practice …

Ergonomic and economic evaluation of a collaborative hybrid order picking system

M Zhang, EH Grosse, CH Glock - International Journal of Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Warehouses are important nodes in almost every supply chain. Within warehouses, order
picking is a crucial task that is extremely time-and cost-intensive. While order picking …

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 …

In pursuit of humanised order picking planning: methodological review, literature classification and input from practice

T De Lombaert, K Braekers, R De Koster… - … Journal of Production …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
At the core of every high-performing warehouse is an efficient order picking (OP) system. To
attain such a system, policy choices should be carefully aligned with subjects responsible for …

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 …

Robots' picking efficiency and pickers' energy expenditure: the item storage assignment policy in robotic mobile fulfillment system

J Zhang, N Zhang, L Tian, Z Zhou, P Wang - Computers & Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The item storage assignment problem (ISAP) in a robotic mobile fulfillment system (RMFS) is
addressed in the paper. Recently, most ISAP studies have concentrated on improving the …

New team mates in the warehouse: Human interactions with automated and robotized systems

F Lorson, A Fügener, A Hübner - Iise Transactions, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite all the technological progress in the arena of automated and robotized systems,
humans will continue to play a significant role in the warehouse of the future, due to their …