Robust Storage Assignment in Unit-Load Warehouses

• Main Authors: ANG, Marcus, LIM, Yun Fong, SIM, Melvyn
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: inventory; production; uncertainty; programming; linear; large scale systems; transportation; materials handling; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3194; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4193/viewcontent/mnsc_E1120_E1543_2012.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Assigning products to and retrieving them from proper storage locations are crucial in minimizing the operating cost of a unit-load warehouse. The problem becomes intractable when the warehouse faces variable supply and uncertain demand in a multi-period setting. We assume a factor-based demand mode...