A Duration-of-stay-based Storage Assignment Policy in a Warehouse: A Case Study of the Warehouse of a Beverage Company in the Northeast of Thailand
Keywords:
Warehouse, Storage assignment problem, Duration-of-stayAbstract
In this paper, a duration-of-stay-based storage assignment policy in a warehouse is proposed. The purpose of this policy is to reduce the traveling distance of the pickers in the picking activity. A warehouse of a beverage company located in the northeast of Thailand is used as the case study. The result of the study shows that by applying the proposed policy, the traveling distance of the pickers will decrease by 186,751.524 meters/month or 14.59%. Besides, this proposed policy allows employees to work more conveniently since each product type is stored in the dedicated area according to the duration-of-stay of the product.
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