To develop a decision support system (DSS) and improved management criteria for operating dispenser-based single-piece automatic order picking systems (AOPS) in distribution centers, able to reduce the need for manual decision making based on personal experience or subjective judgement.
This paper aims to identify key variables that affect warehouse employee turnover. These variables include: occupational variables (e.g. skills, years of experiences); organizational variables (e.g. firm size, industry); individual variables (e.g. pay scale, job security). This paper also develops a conceptual model for linking the aforementioned variables reflecting job alternatives and job s…
An e-fulfillment system is designed to meet the high order volume and stringent customer service requirements of global business-to-consumer e-commerce. The system converts the traditional warehouse into a multi-channel e-fulfillment center. In the e-commerce environment, some of the toughest decisions must be made on little or no hard information. In this study, the nature of e-business and th…
This paper is a description of an automated overhead warehouse system, developed to store car seat covers and to feed them to the Renault car assembly plant at Palencia (Spain). It is based on trolleys moved through monorails and stored in accumulation bars (or monorails) by gravity, having to fulfil space and shape constraints, low retrieval time requirements, etc. This paper presents the deci…
To examine warehouse worker development associated with managerial coaching in the logistics industry.