In manual order picking systems, order pickers walk or drive through a distribution warehouse in order to collect items which are requested by (internal or external) customers. In order to perform these operations efficiently, it is usually required that customer orders are combined into (more...

In manual order picking systems, order pickers walk or drive through a distribution warehouse in order to collect items which are requested by (internal or external) customers. In order to perform these operations efficiently, it is usually required that customer orders are combined into (more...

In manual order picking systems, order pickers walk or drive through a distribution warehouse in order to collect items which are requested by (internal or external) customers. In order to perform these operations efficiently, it is usually required that customer orders are combined into (more...

The area of ‘‘Cutting and Packing’’ (C&P) is stillfascinating a large group of researchers and practitionersworldwide. This feature issue documentssome of the recent developments in the area. Afterthe ones edited by Dyckhoff and Wa¨scher (1990),Bischoff and Wa¨scher (1995), and Wang...