Quick Response Practices at the Warehouse of Ankor

26 Pages Posted: 20 Feb 2003

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Rommert Dekker

Erasmus University, Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics ; Econometric Institute; Erasmus University, Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) ; Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam

M. B. M. de Koster

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Technology and Operations Management

Herco van Kalleveen

KLM

K.J. Roodbergen

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Date Written: 22 2002 2,

Abstract

In the warehouse of Ankor, a wholesaler of tools and garden equipment, various problems concerning the storage and retrieval of products arise. For example, heavy products have to be retrieved prior to light products to prevent damage. Furthermore, the layout of the warehouse differs from the layout generally assumed in literature. The goal of this research was to determine storage locations for the products and a routing method to obtain sequences in which products are to be retrieved from their locations. It is shown that despite deviations from the "normal" case, similar savings in route length can be obtained by adapting existing solution techniques. Total labor savings are far less than expected on basis of assumptions made in literature. With a minimum of adaptations to the current situation the average route length can be decreased by 30 %. There is no need for complex techniques.

Keywords: warehousing, routing, storage, case study, optimization

JEL Classification: M, M11, R4, L81

Suggested Citation

Dekker, Rommert and Dekker, Rommert and de Koster, M.B.M. René and van Kalleveen, Herco and Roodbergen, K.J., Quick Response Practices at the Warehouse of Ankor (22 2002 2,). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=370962

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