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Title

Matheuristics for the Order-picking Problem with Sequence-dependant Constraints in a Logistic Center with a One-directional Conveyor Between Buffers

Authors

[ 1 ] Instytut Technologii Materiałów, Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[2.9] Mechanical engineering

Year of publication

2024

Published in

Management and Production Engineering Review

Journal year: 2024 | Journal volume: vol. 15 | Journal number: no. 1

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords
EN
  • order picking
  • mathematical programming
  • matheuristics
  • logistics center
  • distribution center
Abstract

EN In the logistics center (warehouse or distribution center), customer orders need to be picked up by the pickers. In this research, we examine the order-picking problem with sequencedependent constraints with two decision variables (container start time and product quantity) in a distribution center with a one-directional conveyor. The decision-making is based on the developed two variations of two-step matheuristics. At first, the main order-picking problem is divided into two subproblems. Next, each step of each variant of the subproblem is solved using a mathematical programming-based technique. Both matheuristics were better in 85 of 120 test instances compared to the initial model solved by mathematical programming. Pickers matheuristics were better on average at 46.56%, while Buffers matheuristics were better on average at 46.87%. The proposed matheuristics approach allows distributors to schedule orders in the logistics center fast enough and with fewer resources.

Pages (from - to)

140 - 160

DOI

10.24425/mper.2024.149996

URL

https://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/149996/edition/131009/content

License type

CC BY (attribution alone)

Open Access Mode

open journal

Open Access Text Version

final published version

Date of Open Access to the publication

at the time of publication

Ministry points / journal

70

Impact Factor

0,9 [List 2023]

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