A heuristic approach to the warehouse management problem: a real case study
by Salma Mezghani; Ahmed Frikha
International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management (IJLSM), Vol. 13, No. 3, 2012

Abstract: In this paper, a new heuristic approach is proposed to solve a real Storage Problem (SP) defined by a Tunisian company, SOTIM, that aims at minimising the number of used racks (bins) for the arrangement of the end products, 'mattresses' (items), each with a given size (width, height, length) and characteristics (ranges, colours, quantity). This heuristic is analysed for three special cases: 1) the number of bins is unlimited; 2) the number of bins is fixed; 3) the number of bins to be added. The proposed approach is verified by real data and the results obtained imply a significant improvement as compared to the integer programming model proposed.

Online publication date: Wed, 10-Dec-2014

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