Operational workload balancing in manual order picking

Vanheusden, Sarah; Gils, Teun van; Caris, An; Ramaekers, Katrien; Braekers, Kris

doi:10.1016/j.cie.2020.106269

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“…In grocery retailing workload balancing in the warehouse is commonly applied to smooth weekly seasonality (see, e.g., Vanheusden et al (2020)). For public holiday seasons, balancing measures, however, have to be planned and executed over a longer period of time, to be able to smooth the exceptional workload peaks.…”

Section: Holiday Logistics Solutions In the Light Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Operational planning for public holidays in grocery retailing - managing the grocery retail rush

2023

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Public holiday weeks cause specific challenges in grocery retailing as sales are raising and working days for logistics processes are reduced. The paper analyzes the operational planning challenges and solutions for demand planning and disposition as well as for warehouse and transportation management of grocery retailers in public holiday seasons. A total of 22 top managers representing 20 sales lines of 17 of the top 30 grocery retailers in Germany participated in the study. Semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with logistics managers were conducted and analyzed. Uncertainties and missing resources can be identified as the two main challenges of public holiday seasons in grocery retailing. Retailers implement numerous measures that can be summarized in three categories, i.e., the adjustment of workload profiles, the adaptation of resources and modifying processes. Literature has so far considered public holidays only to a limited extent, e.g., as a parameter in forecasting models or for the application of marketing instruments. This study is the first developing a framework and providing insights into operational planning in grocery retailing.

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Section: Holiday Logistics Solutions In the Light Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Operational planning for public holidays in grocery retailing - managing the grocery retail rush

2023

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“…Concerning picking optimization, e-commerce companies often use manual orderpicking systems, since they can provide the required flexibility and scalability [281]. Many manual order picking systems have been studied and applied to IF-warehouses [282]. Order batch picking is one of the most common and effective strategies [283][284][285].…”

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confidence: 99%

Implementing E-Commerce from Logistic Perspective: Literature Review and Methodological Framework

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E-commerce is always more diffused as a selling channel around the whole world market, and its importance has increased and continues to increase with the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. It provides enterprises a lot of opportunities, as the importance of physical stores to sell goods is bypassed. However, it has also changed the role of logistics in the supply chain. For this reason, this work aims to identify the main logistics research areas related to e-commerce implementation and the factors and key performance indicators, which should be taken into account for each logistics research area, with particular attention to sustainable aspects. For doing this, a structured and comprehensive literature analysis is carried out. Keywords associated with e-commerce and logistics areas are matched to identify the most interesting works related to its implementation. From the analysis, five main research areas are identified: Supply Chain Network Design (SCND); Outbound Logistics (OL); Reverse Logistics (RL); Warehousing (WR); and IT and data management (E-IT). For each area, key factors, strategies and performance indicators have been identified. Finally, a methodological framework that summarizes the results of the analysis is presented; this is a useful tool for managers to implement or expand their e-commerce business. Many works are focused on one research area, carrying out critical factors, models, and methods to implement that topic. Instead, the methodological framework presented here summarizes multiple research areas from a logistic point of view, identifying for each one input and output variables and how they influence each other.

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“…On the other hand, operational problems include: batching (Jiang et al, 2022;Ho et al, 2008;Li et al, 2016 etc. ), routing (Caron et al, 1998;Chackelson et al, 2013;Weidinger et al, 2019or van Gils et al, 2018, workforce allocation and level (Vanheusden et al, 2020;Grosse and Glock, 2015;Sainathuni, 2014 etc. ) and job assignment (Rubrico, 2011;Matusiak et al, 2017 etc.).…”

Section: Picking Order System In Simulationmentioning

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Simulations in planning logistics processes as a tool of decision-making in manufacturing companies

Daroń

2022

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Appropriate logistics planning is a key factor influencing the quality and efficiency of processes in manufacturing companies. Logistics planning can be defined as the process of making significant decisions (concerning both logistics processes and resources) for the functioning of an organization. It is a process consisting of stages in which important decisions are made regarding the optimization of all activities of the company, including in the field of: production, supply, sales, distribution, transport. The main goal of logistics activities is to minimize the operating costs incurred, as well as to better manage human resources. The main aim of the article is to present the legitimacy of using selected simulation software as an actual tool in making logistic decisions in the field of order picking system (OPS) based on a case study. For research purposes, a model was prepared in FlexSim and there were applied S-shape and Return routing methods. Based on simulation results, an analysis of the selected process was carried out. The obtained results indicate possible directions of changes and allow to make the right decision in the field of planning logistics processes.

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Operational workload balancing in manual order picking

Cited by 38 publications

References 34 publications

Operational planning for public holidays in grocery retailing - managing the grocery retail rush

Operational planning for public holidays in grocery retailing - managing the grocery retail rush

Implementing E-Commerce from Logistic Perspective: Literature Review and Methodological Framework

Simulations in planning logistics processes as a tool of decision-making in manufacturing companies

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