Schleyer, Marc; Gue, Kevin - In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and … 48 (2012) 3, pp. 652-666
We develop discrete time models for the throughput time distribution of orders arriving to a one-block warehouse. The models accommodate single- or multi-line orders, and we show how to use them to determine the optimal batch size, given a desired probability of on-time order fulfillment....