Warehouse Reshuffling: Insights And Optimization

Keywords

Facility logistics; Slotting; Warehouse operations

Abstract

Warehouse reshuffling is a reorganization strategy that consists of repositioning items by moving them sequentially. This study investigates how to optimize warehouse reshuffling and quantifies the effect of common assumptions. A mathematical programming formulation for the general warehouse reshuffling problem, the complexity of the problem, several heuristics based on the problem structure, a formal proof delimitating instances where double-handling can be a productive move, and managerial insights on the performance of reshuffling policies in various environments are presented. Experimental results suggest that the proposed heuristics improve upon a benchmark heuristic by relaxing how cycles are handled and incorporating double-handling.

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volume

73

Number of Pages

207-226

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2014.11.002

Socpus ID

84919882541 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84919882541

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