The Effect of Slot-Code Optimization in Warehouse Order Picking

Fumi, Andrea; Scarabotti, Laura; Schiraldi, Massimiliano M.

doi:10.5772/56803

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“…A correct management of warehouse storage and picking actions can significantly impact the success of logistics operations in most manufacturing companies and play a vital role in their survival [14]. In order to increase the productivity of the warehouse activities, most scientific studies are focused on the identification of the different order-picking strategies that allow to reduce the travel time estimation, optimize the storage assignment, minimize the path of the forklift within the warehouse, and identify further policies addressed to the minimization of the warehouse management costs.…”

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Greening Activities in Warehouses: A Model for Identifying Sustainable Strategies in Material Handling

Boenzi¹,

Digiesi²,

Facchini³

et al. 2016

DAAAM Proceedings

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Recently many firms adopted a "green warehousing" approach in order to improve their environmental performances. The common driver of the solutions identified is in the reduction of the energy consumptions, considered as the key "greening element". The optimization of energy required by order picking (estimated to count up to 55% of the total energy for warehousing activities) can be obtained by means of the adoption of forklift equipped by different engines or by means of the optimization of operational activities such as the pickers routing, the movements for material handling, etc. In literature, the type of forklift and the storage configuration to be adopted are addressed as different issues. In this study a support decision tool based on an iterative nonlinear integer model is developed. The tool allows identifying the strategy (the type of forklift and the storage configuration to be adopted) optimizing the environmental performances of warehouse activities.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Greening Activities in Warehouses: A Model for Identifying Sustainable Strategies in Material Handling

Boenzi¹,

Digiesi²,

Facchini³

et al. 2016

DAAAM Proceedings

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“…High warehouse costs in total logistics costs indicate importance of managing and optimizing of the warehousing process. According to different studies, warehousing costs (operating and capital) amount to about 23% of total logistics costs in the United States (Baker & Canessa, 2009, p. 426), while in Europe these costs account for 39% of total logistics costs (Fumi, Scarabotti, & Schiraldi, 2013).…”

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“…Costs of order-picking are result of the following activities: travelling (55%), searching (15%), extracting (10%) and paperwork (20%) (Karasek, 2013, p. 115), and the share of order-picking cost in total warehouse cost is about 55% (Fumi, Scarabotti, & Schiraldi, 2013;Tompkins, White, Bozer, & Tanchoco, 2003). The high share of or-der-picking costs within the structure of warehouse costs indicates that this segment of warehousing process could be used for increasing efficiency and improving warehousing process.…”

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Improving order-picking process through implementation of warehouse management system

Anđelković

Radosavljević

2018

Strategic Management

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For the purpose of timely response to requests of any participant in the supply chain, as an integral part of every logistics system, warehouse can be found at any place in the supply chain, between suppliers and customers. In that sense, warehouse management involves the control and optimisation of the complex warehouse and distribution system. It might be said that warehousing and inventory management represent support to the production process and strive to complete coordination in relations with all functions, such as marketing, finance, human resources etc. Therefore, any disruption in coordination can cause serious problems throughout the whole business process. When there is a need for achieving operational efficiency and cost savings, warehouse management and warehouse operations are appropriate areas, in terms of achieving savings which will not jeopardize the quality of products and services. Especially, order-picking, as part of the warehousing process, is one of the most important activities when it is about providing savings. Order-picking process involves taking raw materials/products from a specific location in the warehouse, so as to respond to requirements of production and/or customers. It is estimated that the costs of order-picking participate with 55% in the total cost of warehousing. However, elimination of this activity can increase the level of dissatisfaction of partners in the supply chain, and, in that way, increase the cost of lost sales. In this regard, one should not consider elimination of orderpicking from the warehousing process as an option, but rather find a way to increase its efficiency. Due to their flexibility in the order-picking process, people cannot be fully replaced by machines and technologies. However, equipment of order-picking process by the adequate technology could increase efficiency of process and productivity of employees in the warehouse. In that sense, warehouse management system (WMS) is an information technology whose implementation has the aim to increase efficiency of processes performed in warehouse. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to emphasize the importance of implementing a warehouse management system for improving the order-picking process, as warehouse activity. In order to accomplish this aim, empirical research has been conducted. A random sample of companies specialized for performing distribution activities has been chosen. The authors of the paper have analysed which segment of order-picking process can achieve maximum benefits from implementation of this technology, but also whether there are any limitations in terms of implementation of WMS. Based on the statistical methods (descriptive statistics and cluster analyses), through the SPSS software package, the results presented in the paper indicate the segments of order-picking process which are mostly improved by implementing the WMS, as information technology.

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“…In the same time the share of the warehouse costs in the total logistics cost is not negligible. According to certain findings, in the United States warehouse costs (operating and capital) are participating with 23 percent in the total logistics costs (Baker & Canessa, 2009, p. 426), while in Europe these costs have reached 39 percent of the total logistics costs (Fumi et al, 2013). Also, costs of warehousing participate in the total costs of a company from 2 to 5percent (Camacho, 2011), and these costs consists of labour costs (60 percent), space (25 percent) and equipment (15 percent) (Argusi, 2016;Emmett, 2005, p. 175).…”

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Effects of Lean Tools in Achieving Lean Warehousing

2016

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Abstract:The acceptance of lean philosophy in the company means not only respecting the lean principles in the manufacturing but in all the processes that are performed inside the company. All processes in the company that are a potential places for making losses and waste and thus require the application of lean principles. Among others, warehouse and warehouse operations, as a centre of costs and waste, must be supported through the implementation of lean philosophy in the company by respecting lean principles. The implementation of lean principles in the warehouse is a certain step of improvement warehouse process and performance, but also of the whole company. In that sense, the paper presents the analysis of the warehousing process and its performances before and after implementation of the lean tools in a selected Serbian company as a practical example. In addition, research shows which parts of warehousing need to be improved, in analysed company, as well as correlation between the individual parts of warehousing, according to employees' opinion from next sectors: purchasing, production and logistics.

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The Effect of Slot-Code Optimization in Warehouse Order Picking

Cited by 20 publications

References 68 publications

Greening Activities in Warehouses: A Model for Identifying Sustainable Strategies in Material Handling

Greening Activities in Warehouses: A Model for Identifying Sustainable Strategies in Material Handling

Improving order-picking process through implementation of warehouse management system

Effects of Lean Tools in Achieving Lean Warehousing

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