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Analysis of the Travel Distance and the Number of Storage Location for Storage Location Allocation Methods in a Warehouse System  

Chang, Suk-Hwa (Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering, University of Incheon)
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Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering / v.29, no.2, 2006 , pp. 58-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper addresses the analysis of the travel distance and the number of storage location for storage location allocation methods in a warehouse system. The dedicated, randomized, combined and limited storage methods are considered. The combined and the limited storage methods are suggested here, which the combined storage method is to divide the storage locations into the dedicated storage area and the randomized storage area, and the limited storage method is to restrict the storage area of each product. Through a numerical example, the average travel distance between input/output point and the storage locations, and the number of storage location needed in the warehouse are compared between storage location allocation methods. The nearest randomized storage method is shown as the reasonable one in the travel distance and the number of storage location.
Keywords
Warehouse system; Storage location allocation; Travel distance; The number of storage location;
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