Efficiency Meets Sustainability: A Comprehensive Assessment of Order Picking Performance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study aims to support sustainability in warehouse management and order picking by integrating a simulation tool for evaluating operational performance with sustainability KPIs encompassing economic, environmental, and social dimensions. By analyzing two routing policies under various demand and layout scenarios, this article links standard operational metrics, such as travelled distance, with sustainability indicators, such as energy consumption, reduction in CO 2 emissions and working times. The findings demonstrate the advantages of S-Shaped Advanced policy in heterogeneous demand environments. Finally, this study introduces a practical approach for optimizing warehouse management while addressing sustainability, promoting multidimensional performance evaluation of industrial operations.
Source: IFAC-PapersOnLine
Authors: Suppini Claudio, Bocelli Michele, Carloni Alessandro, Lysova Natalya, Mambrioni Marco, Solari Federico, Volpi Andrea, Montanari Roberto
Institution: University of Parma
Language: English
Subfield: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414567917