A REVIEW OF ORDER PICKING IMPROVEMENT METHODS
Abstract: As a
crucial and one of the most important parts of warehousing, order picking often raises
discussion between warehousing professionals, resulting
in various studies
aiming to analyze
how order picking activity can be improved from various
perspective. This paper reviews various past researches on order picking
improvement, and the various methods those studies analyzed or developed. This
literature review is based on
twenty research articles
on order picking
improvement viewed from
four different perspectives: Automation
(specifically,
stock-to-picker system), storage
assignment policy, order batching, and order picking sequencing.
By reviewing these studies, we try to identify the most prevalent order picking
improvement approach to order picking improvement.
Keywords: warehousing;
stock-to-picker; storage assignment; order batching; order picking sequencing; improvement
Author: Johan Oscar Ong, Don
Thomas Joseph
Journal Code: jptindustrigg140011
