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Optimizing the storage assignment in a warehouse served by milkrun logistics

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This paper addresses the problem of storage assignment in a warehouse characterized by multi-command picking and served by milkrun logistics. In such a logistic system, vehicles circulate between the warehouse and the production facilities of the plant according to a pre-defined schedule, often with multiple cycles (routes) serving different departments. We assume that a request probability can be assigned to each item and each cycle, which leads to a special case of the correlated storage assignment problem. A MIP model is proposed for finding a class-based storage policy that minimizes the order cycle time, the average picking effort, or a linear combination of these two criteria. Computational experiments show that our approach can achieve an up to 36-38% improvement in either criterion compared to the classical COI-based strategy.

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  • Kovács, András, 2011. "Optimizing the storage assignment in a warehouse served by milkrun logistics," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(1), pages 312-318, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:proeco:v:133:y:2011:i:1:p:312-318
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