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Volume 18, Issue 7
1 July 1988
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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management
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Review Article| July 01 1988

A Simple Location Approach to Picking in Small to Medium‐sized Warehouses

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1747-3683
Print ISSN: 0269-8218
© MCB UP Limited
1988
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management (1988) 18 (7): 24–27.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014711

The smaller warehouse cannot afford to use the most sophisticated computer systems but here is an introduction to what can be done to improve their picking systems.

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