Storage Location Assignment and I/O Location Design on Storage Planning

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationships with storage location assignment and location of I/O points in details in the warehouse operation planning. Dedicated storage warehouse design and three different allocation methods (throughput-to-storage ratios, space-filling curve with X and Y type) were studied using the simulated annealing method. The computer program was implemented with the Access software by Microsoft. The result shows that cost of the storage method of throughput-to-storage ratios can achieve the lowest cost, and then the space-filling curve with X and Y type. However, the storage method of throughput-to-storage ratios may result in the discontinuity of the storage locations.