In the e-commerce era, efficient order fulfillment processes in distribution centers have
become a key success factor. One novel technology to streamline these processes is robot …

With the growing demand for speed and flexibility in order fulfillment, it is crucial to employ
an efficient picking system that allows faster delivery of items from warehouse storage to a …

Efficient order fulfillment processes in warehouses are a key success factor in times of
increasing global retail sales volumes and same-day deliveries. To streamline order …

The robotic mobile fulfillment system, where mobile robots carry racks to stationary stations
for human pickers, is widely used in e-commerce warehouses. The operational efficiency of …

Intelligent part‐to‐picker systems are spreading across a broad range of industries as
preferred solutions for agile order fulfillment, wherein mobile racks are carried by robots and …

In the digital age, coordinating robots and humans is critical in e-commerce warehousing.
Motivated by observed industrial practices, this study presents a queueing theory based …

In robotic mobile fulfillment systems, human pickers don't go to the inventory area to search
for and pick the ordered items. Instead, robots carry shelves (called “pods”) containing …

Motivated by recent technological advances in mobile robotics, this paper explores a novel
approach for warehouse order picking. In particular, this work considers two types of …

Putting the parts-to-picker idea into practice, the robotic mobile fulfillment system (RMFS)
deploys robots to bring racks to stationary pickers so that the pickers focus only on order …

Warehouses are important nodes in almost every supply chain. Within warehouses, order
picking is a crucial task that is extremely time-and cost-intensive. While order picking …