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The increasing globalisation of the world economy is having a profound impact on logistics. Emerging economies are experiencing rapid developments that affect their warehousing facilities. The purpose of this study is to explore the strategic roles that warehousing plays and the changes therein....
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Nowadays, increasing market share and gaining competitive edge plays an important role. This fact forces enterprises to choose adequate strategies of operation and make investments in development activities, including warehouse management, which is an intrinsic element of enterprise activities....
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Order picking has long been identified as the most labour-intensive and costly activity for almost every warehouse; the cost of order picking is estimated to be as much as 55% of the total warehouse operating expense. Any underperformance in order picking can lead to unsatisfactory service and...
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Order picking deals with the retrieval of articles from their storage locations in order to satisfy customer requests. The transformation and consolidation of customer orders into picking orders (batches) is pivotal for the performance of order picking systems. Typically, customer orders have to...
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In this document we present different aspects that are necessary to perform an excellent administration and control of distribution centers that corporations may have. If these ideas are implemented correctly in an efficient way, most of the productivity problems in the warehouse could be solved...
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Order picking is a warehouse function that deals with the retrieval of articles from their storage locations in order to satisfy certain customer demands. Combining several single customer orders into one (more substantial) picking order can increase the efficiency of warehouse operations. The...
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This paper deals with UHF RFID reader testing of optimal tag positions for maximal and minimal read range. Consequently, this knowledge about optimal tag position is used in verification of UHF RFID technology suitability in the environment of plastic raw materials warehouse. Finally, results of...
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This paper presents the technical innovation in warehouse management in companies and how this area of company operation is currently developing. There is a trend among the most forwardlooking organizations in the industry to create new profit centers and bring on new value-added services
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Order picking has long been identified as the most labour-intensive and costly activity for almost every warehouse; the cost of order picking is estimated to be as much as 55% of the total warehouse operating expense. Any underperformance in order picking can lead to unsatisfactory service and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731445
Nowadays, increasing market share and gaining competitive edge plays an important role. This fact forces enterprises to choose adequate strategies of operation and make investments in development activities, including warehouse management, which is an intrinsic element of enterprise activities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732311