Energy-saving methodology for material handling applications

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 83; no. 10; pp. 1116 - 1124
• Main Authors: Makris, P.A., Makri, A.P., Provatidis, C.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2006; Elsevier Science; Elsevier
• Series: Applied Energy
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Energy; Energy saving; Energy saving Order picking Warehouse; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Order picking; Rational use of energy: conservation and recovery of energy; Warehouse; Energy saving; Warehouse; Order picking; Energy consumption; Methodology; Energy conservation; Heuristic approach; Algorithm; Application; Handling

This paper presents an energy saving approach to the problem of order picking in warehousing environment, which is directly related to the well-known Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). While the available heuristic algorithms for the order-picking problem search for the route that minimizes the trave...