The time-window strategy in the online order batching problem

S Gil-Borrás, EG Pardo, E Jiménez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
When an order arrives at a warehouse it is usually assigned to a batch and a decision is
made on how long to wait before assigning the batch to a picker and starting the picking …

[HTML][HTML] A classification approach to order picking systems and policies: Integrating automation and optimization for future research

ARF Pinto, MS Nagano, E Boz - Results in Control and Optimization, 2023 - Elsevier
Picking system optimization is the main condition for improving customer satisfaction and
warehouse efficiency. However, related literature does not present a standard classification …

A memetic algorithm with fuzzy-based population control for the joint order batching and picker routing problem

R Wu, J He, X Li, Z Chen - Information Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The joint order batching and picker routing problem (JOBPRP) is a combinatorial
optimization problem that occurs during in the order-picking operation of warehouse …

Manual and robotic storage and picking systems: a literature review

A Silva, LC Coelho, M Darvish… - … : Information Systems and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The rising of e-commerce demands an increase in the performance of warehousing
systems, which are being redesigned to deal with a mass volume of demands to be fulfilled …

Order batching problems in parallel-aisle order picking systems with larger-than-bin orders

T Lee, HY Fibrianto, S Hong - Journal of the Operational Research …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Order batching facilitates order picking by merging orders into single vehicle trips. Filling
orders with a total volume larger than a vehicle's bin capacity, however, requires binning into …

Picking Operations in Warehouses with Dynamically Arriving Orders: How Good is Reoptimization?

C Lorenz, A Otto, M Gendreau - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.12619, 2024 - arxiv.org
E-commerce operations are essentially online, with customer orders arriving dynamically.
However, very little is known about the performance of online policies for warehousing with …

Analysis of Real-Time Order Fulfillment Policies: When to Dispatch a Batch?

N Gautam, J Geunes - Service Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper considers orders that arrive one-by-one over time to a fulfillment center. Each
order requests a product with some degree of customization that needs to be delivered …

Harvesting Efficient On-Demand Order Pooling from Skilled Couriers: Enhancing Graph Representation Learning for Refining Real-time Many-to-One Assignments

Y Liang, J Zhao, D Li, J Feng, C Zhang, X Ding… - Proceedings of the 30th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The recent past has witnessed a notable surge in on-demand food delivery (OFD) services,
offering delivery fulfillment within dozens of minutes after an order is placed. In OFD, pooling …

Optimising warehouse order picking: Real case application in the shoe manufacturing industry

RF De Assis, W de Paula Ferreira, AF Faria… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Order picking is a critical and labour-intensive warehouse management operation that
involves removing items from storage locations to fulfil customer orders. This paper analyses …

Comparison of MOEAs in an Optimization-Decision Methodology for a Joint Order Batching and Picking System

FM Miguel, M Frutos, M Méndez, F Tohmé, B González - Mathematics, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the performance of a two-stage multi-criteria decision-making
procedure for order scheduling problems. These problems are represented by a novel …