The 17th IMHRC Proceedings (Trondheim, Norway-2025) preserves research presented at the International Material Handling Research Colloquium (IMHRC). The IMHRC is hosted by the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE).
For more, see the IMHRC conference site.
Submissions from 2025
Considerations for Implementing AI in Warehousing Environments, Irma Adams, Nicolas Iman, and Natalie S. Cherbaka
Grid-to-Belt High Throughput Sorter, Yossi Bukchin, Ilan Estrugo, and Tal Raviv
Estimating Order Picking Distances Using Machine Learning, Hector J. Carlo, Carlos A. Morel-Figueroa, Victoria Méndez-González, Yamilette Boscio-Sánchez, and Alex Demel-Pacheco
Dynamic Management of Order Picking in Dark Stores and Urban Warehouses, Melih Celik, Arsham Atashi Khoei, Vaggelis Giannikas, and Niccolo Corsini
Reinforcement Learning-based Inventory Replenishment and Transshipment Planning in the Physical Internet Supply Chain, Simranjeet Singh Chadha and Uday Venkatadri
Picker Routing and Pallet Stacking With Item Precedence Constraints, Tianrong Ding, Ioannis Fragkos, and Rene De Koster
Multi-Door Cross-Dock Scheduling with Material Handling Resource Restrictions, William Ferrell, Nikhil Aditya Eti, Alison Gaddy, and Vishal Badyal
Development of Mechanical Transfer Station for Automated Transport Robots, Stefan Galka
A Multi-model Tool for Evaluating Sustainability Levels of Last Mile Logistic Services Developed by Drones, Maria Grazia Gnoni, Fabiana Tornese, and Lorenzo Rubrichi
Tactical Recovery Planning in a Strategic Single-Sourced Supply Chain after Disruption, Sarvesh Gore and Jose D. Porter
The New Reality for the Material Handling Industry, Sunderesh S. Heragu
Advancements in Human Action Recognition in Manual Material Handling using Machine Learning, Jesus Jimenez, Joni McCawley, Francis A. Mendez Mediavilla, and Abhimanyu Sharotry
Proof-of-concept Implementation of a Drone-enabled Material Handling System in Manufacturing, Julio Jimenez-Sarda, Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith
Autonomous Mobile Robots AMRs Equipped With Picking Robot for Order-picking in Storage Rack, Tone Lerher, Jakob Marolt, Luka Bizjak, and Boris Jerman
Warehouse Dispatching with Conflict Avoidance: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach, Maojia P. Li and Michael E. Kuhl
Graph-Based Foundation for DELS Specification, Leon McGinnis
A Practical Approach to Forward Space Allocation, Russell D. Meller and Chuck R. Grissom
Concepts for the use of Knowledge-based Engineering in intralogistics System Planning: Dynamic Layouting, Alexander Ortner-Pichler and Christian Landschützer
Shared Autonomy Open Logistics Systems: Definitions, Examples, and Related Literature, Jennifer Pazour
Machine Learning Approach for the Operation of Puzzle-based Storage Systems, Tal Raviv and Yossi Bukchin
Algorithmic Approaches to Path Planning for Collaborative Robot-to-robot Picking, Christopher Reining, Pia Schreynemackers, Niklas Jost, and Alice Kirchheim
Throughput Comparison Between an AMR-Based Sorting System and a Loop Sorter: A Case Study on High-Performance Parcel Sorting, Moritz Roidl
Performance Analysis of Robot Routing Strategies in Human-robot Collaborative Warehouses, Debjit Roy and Rashika Gupta
Supply Chain Robustness and Resilience Modeling Using Bayesian Networks, MD Sarder and Seyedmohsen Hosseini
Towards an Ontology of Automated Warehousing Systems, Simon Schaffer, Michael Eder, Philipp Trost, Michael Maximilian Wagner, Timo Lehmann, and Felix Rauscher
Store-by-voice: A Voice-controlled Putaway and Stocktaking System, Thorsten Schmidt, Heiner Ludwig, and Mathias Kühn
Logistical Automation in Hospitals in the DACH Region and Approaches to Increasing Process Efficiency Through Automation, Emily C. Spicker, Sabrina Forster, Sonja Stabenow, Sidra Rashid, Johannes Fottner, Dirk Wilhelm, Christophe Senger, Michael Walz, Kai Furmans, and Georg Kartnig
Enhancing Social Sustainability in Parcel Hubs using Discrete Event Simulation and Multi-Objective Optimization, Harald Steinkellner, Domenik Kaever, and Christoph Rockenschaub
Price-Based Dispatch in Engineered Truckload Trucking Networks, Don Taylor
Patterns Matter: Effects of Customer Spatial Patterns on the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem, Melissa Tilashalski, Kimberly Ellis, Stanley Griffis, John Bell, and Lance Saunders
Assess Picker Postural Risk Using Real-time Posture Estimation Technology (OpenPose) for Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems, Ching-Jung Ting, Tzu-Heng Kao, and Kuan-Ting Liu
Paving the Way for the Future of Robotic Compact Storage and Retrieval Systems: An Innovative Conceptual Design, Mahmut Tutam
Being Efficient or Responsive in the Order Picking Process, Jelmer Pier Van der Gaast
The Genesis of Throughput Models for Automated Warehouse Systems - A Drama in three Acts, Michael Walz, Timo Lehmann, Felix Rauscher, Christophe Senger, Kai Furmans, Michael Eder, Simon Schaffer, Phillipp Trost, Michael Maximilian Wagner, and Georg Kartnig
Daily Shipment Planning Using Generative AI: A Customized GPT-Driven Approach, Banu Yetkin Ekren
