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IIE Transactions articles from November 2008
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IIE Transactions archives from November 2008
Foreword.
November 1, 2008... The growth in global trade continues to change both the types and locations of worldwide supply chain infrastructure designed to support it. That change has been felt strongly in the world's largest economy, the United States, where consumption...
Optimizing inbound and outbound door assignments in less-than-truckload crossdocks.
November 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
Crossdocks play a key role in contemporary supply networks. They are used by many transportation service providers and some manufacturing companies (or their logistics providers) as a redistribution point in a supply...
Determining aisle structures for facility designs using a hierarchy of algorithms.
November 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
Facilities design has three interrelated components; structure, layout and the determination of a (network) system to support material flow interaction, e.g., material handling systems (Chhajed et al., 1992). Many...
Designing the layout structure of manual order picking areas in warehouses.
November 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
A warehouse typically consists of several different areas, including the shipping and receiving areas, bulk storage area and order picking area. A good overview of warehouse operations is given in Gu et al. (2007). Recent...
Allocating space in a forward pick area of a distribution center for small parts.
November 1, 2008... 1. The forward pick area
The forward pick area of a warehouse functions as a "warehouse within the warehouse": many of the most popular StockKeeping Units (SKUs) are stored there in small amounts, so that order picking can be concentrated...
Performance approximation and design of pick-and-pass order picking systems.
November 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
Order picking, the process of picking products to fill customer orders, is one of the most important activities in warehouses due to its high contribution (about 55%) to the total warehouse operating cost (Tompkins et al.,...
A polling-based dynamic order picking system for online retailers.
November 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
Recent trends in the distribution function have resulted in order picking design and management becoming more important and complex. Customers tend to order more frequently, in smaller quantities, and they require...
RFID in mixed-model automotive assembly operations: process and quality cost savings.
November 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
In this research we characterize potential operational benefits of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) in a complex mixed-model automotive assembly system. We believe that much of our work translates directly to other...
Throughput performance analysis for closed-loop vehicle-based material handling systems.
November 1, 2008... 1 Introduction
Consider a discrete vehicle-based material handling system serving multiple machines on a simple closed loop. Move requests arrive randomly, requiring material transfer between machines located on the loop, by one of several...