Warehouse Order-Picking Process. Review

Nauka i Obrazovanie

E. V. Korobkov¹ 

[1] Bauman Moscow State Technical University;

关键词: warehouse;    order-picking;    warehouse layout problem;    storage assignment;    batching;    zoning;    accumulation;    sortation;   

DOI  :  10.7463/0315.0763161

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article describes basic warehousing activities, namely: movement, information storage and transfer, as well as connections between typical warehouse operations (reception, transfer, assigning storage position and put-away, order-picking, hoarding and sorting, cross-docking, shipping). It presents a classification of the warehouse order-picking systems in terms of manual labor on offer as well as external (marketing channels, consumer’s demand structure, supplier’s replenishment structure and inventory level, total production demand, economic situation) and internal (mechanization level, information accessibility, warehouse dimensionality, method of dispatch for shipping, zoning, batching, storage assignment method, routing method) factors affecting the designing systems complexity. Basic optimization considerations are described. There is a literature review on the following sub-problems of planning and control of orderpicking processes.

A layout design problem has been taken in account at two levels — external (facility layout problem) and internal (aisle configuration problem). For a problem of distributing goods or stock keeping units the following methods are emphasized: random, nearest open storage position, and dedicated (COI-based, frequency-based) distribution, as well as class-based and familygrouped (complimentary- and contact-based) one. Batching problem can be solved by two main methods, i.e. proximity order batching (seed and saving algorithms) and time-window order batching. There are two strategies for a zoning problem: progressive and synchronized, and also a special case of zoning — bucket brigades method. Hoarding/sorting problem is briefly reviewed. Order-picking routing problem will be thoroughly described in the next article of the cycle “Warehouse order-picking process”.

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