Title :
Research on the directional replenishment operation problem in distribution center
Author :
Wang Xiong-zhi ; Wang Guo-Qing
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Econ. & Manage., South China Agric. Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
There are lots of operations in the distribution center, of which the replenishment operation is an important one that can decrease the processing time seriously and bring considerable economic benefit if managed effectively. We consider the replenishment problem in which travel time and distance is measured according to rectilinear norm. An O(n) polynomial time algorithm to find the optimal replenishing sequence is given. And the algorithm procedure is shown through one computational experiment.
Keywords :
computational complexity; distribution strategy; graph theory; integer programming; linear programming; minimisation; order picking; directional replenishment operation problem; distance measurement; distribution center; graph theory; integer linear programming; minimization; optimal replenishing sequence; order picking; polynomial time algorithm; rectilinear norm; travel time measurement; warehouse; Agriculture; Area measurement; Bulk storage; Costs; Mathematical model; Operations research; Personnel; Polynomials; Productivity; Time measurement; Algorithm; Distribution Center; Operations Research; Replenishment Operation;
Conference_Titel :
Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2009. CIE 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Troyes
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4135-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4136-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIE.2009.5223509
