A warehouse design decision model — Case study

Author

Geraldes, Carla A S ; Carvalho, M. Sameiro F B S ; Pereira, Guilherme A B

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Manage., Polytech. Inst. of Braganca, Braganca

fYear

2008

fDate

28-30 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Todaypsilas competitive and volatile market requires flexibility, quality and efficiency from the logistics operations. In this context, warehouses are an important link of the logistic chain and warehouse management plays an important role over customerpsilas service. Throughout this work we analyze a mathematical model aiming to support warehouse management decisions. A case study is used for that purpose and the model jointly identifies product allocation to the functional areas in the warehouse, as well as the size of each area. This case study also evaluates the performance of the model when real data is used. Model is solved using LINGO 9.0 mixed-integer commercial solver, and potential savings achieved using the proposed technique are discussed.

Keywords

customer services; facilities planning; integer programming; logistics; supply chain management; warehousing; LINGO 9.0 mixed-integer commercial solver; customer service; facility planning; logistics operation; mathematical model; product allocation; warehouse design decision model; warehouse management; Context-aware services; Customer service; Design optimization; Flexible structures; Inventory management; Logistics; Mathematical model; Production systems; Supply chain management; Systems engineering and theory; Case study; Facilities Planning and Design; Mixed-integer programming; Warehouse Operations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Management Conference, 2008. IEMC Europe 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Estoril

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2288-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2289-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618004

Filename

4618004