...) In this case, and in all others in this paper, the single I/O point is at position (1,1), the “southwest” corner of the grid: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Warehousing 15-puzzle Dense storage Puzzle-based storage In situations in which storage capacity is extremely limited...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Order picking Warehouse optimization Warehousing Human learning Learning curves Learning effects Internal logistics Ergonomics Human factors Warehouses Learning In many industries, companies have experienced a high cost pressure over...

... Limited 2011 Inventory management Food industry Decision support systems Warehousing Case‐based reasoning Fuzzy reasoning Food Quality assurance The receiving operation of a warehouse acts as a secure point for inbound inventories. In general, the receiving activities...

... of selected warehouse operations, and sourcing from reliable manufacturers may result in important performance improvements for centralised warehousing. Originality/value It is proved that SD is a valuable tool in the field of operations management, not only to support strategic evaluations but also...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Inventory management Warehousing Spare parts Aircraft components An aircraft manufacturer will be introducing during 2008 a new fleet of executive jets using entirely new parts, and needs the ability to respond to random demands as the parts fail...

...David A. Johnston; G. Don Taylor; Ganesh Visweswaramurthy In this paper, the authors describe a geographical information system (GIS)‐based software system for managing and integrating multi‐facility warehousing and production systems that are distributed within a relatively large geographical area...

... in an object‐ oriented designing framework is presented. It has been developed to support the decision‐making process, especially at the very beginning of the project. The basic warehousing policy decision is whether to have dedicated or open storage. In dedicated storage, each product has its own permanent...