Abstract:Because of time and cost constraints, item picking plays a major role in warehouse operations. Considering diversified orders and a constant warehouse design, deciding how to combine each batch and picker route effectively is a challenge in warehouse management. In this study, we focus on the evaluation of order-batching strategies for a single picker facing multiple orders with the objective of minimizing the total traveling distance. We propose two-stage simulated annealing and variable neighborhood search a… Show more
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