WAREHOUSE PROCESS OPTIMIZATION BASED ON SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS—CASE STUDY

Abstract

The paper presents results of research performed in a company which looks to cut costs and improve productivity within its warehouses and distribution centers. The major objectives of the present paper are: to define problems concerning order picking in details, to solve the order picking problem defined as to find allocation of items for the best route to realize the defined pick list using the actual simulation and optimization tool available on the market, to present practical case study from a real picking process in a distribution center. The goal function is to minimize the travel distance of picker.