Document Type
Research Paper
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
Thepiece-levelorder-fulfillmenttechnologyselectionproblemisanimportantstrategicproblemthatsignificantlyimpactsdistributioncentercosts andoperations,andistypicallysolvedbasedonempiricalexperiences.Given ademandcurveandasuiteofavailablepiece-levelorder-fulfillmenttechnologies, weanalyzewhereinthedemandcurvedifferentorder-fulfillment technologiesshouldbeapplied. Todoso, wedevelopaframeworkthat jointlydeterminesthebestcombinationofpiece-levelorder-fulfillmenttechnologiesandtheassignmentofSKUstothesetechnologies, whichrelaxes thesequential-modelingapproachofpreviousresearch. Wevalidateour methodologywithindustrydataandshowthatour modelprovidestechnologyrecommendationsandSKUassignmentsthatareconsistent with successfulimplementations. Throughasetofnumericalexperimentsand statisticalanalysis,weidentifykeyfactorsinimplementingmanualversus automatedorder-fulfillmenttechnologiesandprovideobservationsintothe applicationofdifferentorder-fulfillmenttechnologystrategies.Finally,we presentconclusionsandfutureresearchdirections.
Publication Title
Progress in Material Handling Research: 2014
ISBN
9781882780183
Recommended Citation
Pazour, Jennifer A. and Meller, Russell D., "A Frame Work and Analysis to Inform the Selection of Piece-level Order-fulfillment Technologies" (2014). 13th IMHRC Proceedings (Cincinnati, Ohio. USA – 2014). 22.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pmhr_2014/22
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