| Article ID: | iaor1996509 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 58 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 57 |
| End Page Number: | 67 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1992 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Gibson David R., Sharp Gunter P. |
| Keywords: | location |
Computer simulation is used to compare two new procedures for batching orders in an order retrieval system against a baseline procedure. The factors considered are the travel metric, warehouse representation, item location assignments, number of items per order, and the total number of orders considered. The results indicate that the two new procedures, in combination with skewed item location assignments can reduce batch tour lengths by up to 44%.