An order-picking operations system for managing the batching activities in a warehouse
An order-picking operations system for managing the batching activities in a warehouse
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DOI：
10.1080/00207721.2012.761461
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发表时间：
2014-06
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
C. Lam;K. Choy;G. Ho;C. K. H. Lee
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作者：
C. Lam;K. Choy;G. Ho;C. K. H. Lee
如今，经常会收到多品种、小批量的客户订单，并要求及时交货。然而，单独处理这些小订单的订单拣选过程是一项劳动密集型且成本高昂的活动。在这种情况下，小订单通常会被分成批次，以便可以同时服务两个或多个订单，以提高拣货效率，从而减少行驶距离。在本文中，提出了一种订单拣选操作系统（OPOS）来协助制定订单拣选计划和批次处理顺序。该研究集成了数学模型和模糊逻辑技术，将接收订单分为批次，并分别对批次处理顺序进行优先排序以进行拣选。通过所提出的系统，订单拣选过程可以作为具有公共拣选位置的批次进行管理，以最大限度地减少行进距离，并且还可以确定批次拣选顺序。为了演示该系统的使用，以第三方物流仓库为例进行了案例研究，结果表明可以更好地组织订单拣选活动和劳动力利用。
Nowadays, customer orders with high product variety in small quantities are often received and requested for timely delivery. However, the order-picking process is a labour-intensive and costly activity to handle those small orders separately. In such cases, small orders are often grouped into batches so that two or more orders can be served at once to increase the picking efficiency and thus reduce the travel distance. In this paper, an order-picking operations system (OPOS) is proposed to assist the formulation of an order-picking plan and batch-handling sequence. The study integrates a mathematical model and fuzzy logic technique to divide the receiving orders into batches and prioritise the batch-handling sequence for picking, respectively. Through the proposed system, the order-picking process can be managed as batches with common picking locations to minimise the travel distance, and the batch-picking sequence can be determined as well. To demonstrate the use of the system, a case study in a third-party logistics warehouse is presented, and the result shows that both the order-picking activity and labour utilisation can be better organised.