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Practical factors in order picking planning
Journal Contribution - Journal Article
Subtitle:state-of-the-art classification and review
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. However, managers often do not implement findings from academic research on order picking planning into practice because researchers hardly account for practical factors (e.g. high-level storage, human factors, pick vehicle properties) or make unrealistic assumptions in their solution algorithms. A state-of-the-art review of the scientific literature on order picking planning (1) identifies and classifies highly influential practical factors, (2) shows the impact of these practical factors on order picking performance, and (3) illustrates how existing order picking planning models should be elaborated to account for practical factors. This study contributes to close the gap between research and practice by guiding future researchers to further increase the practical applicability of their research results.
Journal: International journal of production research
ISSN: 0020-7543
Volume: 61
Pages: 2032 - 2056
Publication year:2023
Keywords:A1 Journal article
Accessibility:Open