How to Optimize Pallet Storage and Picking

Pallet Storage & Handling Systems

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In our taxonomy of pallet storage and handling systems we begin the classification by dt hi ve i tdwi nog stuhbe- ss yy ss tt ee mm ss iwn ot or k( 1h)apnadl -l ient -shtaonr adg, et hsey ss tt eo mr asg ea ns dy s(t2e)mp as el lleetc ht iaonndilsi ndgr isvyesnt epmr ism. Ta rhiol yu gb hy t b t u h y r e n t h c o o e v n e c c r o e n o r c f n e t h r f n o e r i f t o i e m r m h p s i r g i o n h v p e h a d a l n l s e d t t l o i s n r t a g o g r p e a r g d o e d e . n u T s c h i t t i e y v c it a h y n o a d ic n e i d s o t f d r t a i h c d t e a e h o te a ff d n s d b in l y in r t g e h q s e y u s i o r t n e e - m d h a c i a s n p d d i r t i i a n v l v e i n e n n v p t e r o s i r m t y m a a e r n n il d t y . We conclude with a description of how the combined decision is optimized (Section 3).

Figure.1 World Class Warehousing Taxonomy of Pallet Storage and Handling Systems

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