Costs and opportunities of moving picking activities upstream in distribution networks: A case study from the beverage industry

The work addresses the reconfiguration of distribution networks where order picking activities have a significant impact on the system performance. In particular, the effects of moving picking activities upstream in the network are investigated taking into consideration an actual case study from the beverage industry.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Gebennini, Elisa ; Grassi, Andrea ; Rimini, Bianca ; Depietri, Eleonora
Published in:	International Journal of Production Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0925-5273. - Vol. 143.2013, 2, p. 342-348
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Distribution network \| Multi-item \| Picking \| Centralization \| Automation

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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