In manual order picking systems, order pickers walk or drive through a distribution warehouse in order to collect items … which are requested by (internal or external) customers. In order to perform these operations efficiently, it is usually … required that customer orders are combined into (more substantial) picking orders of limited size. The Order Batching Problem …

Primäres Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Entwicklung neuer heuristischer Lösungsverfahren für die logistische Tourenplanung … Tourenplanung zugleich die Frage nach den optimalen Anhängerstellplätzen, nach der Anzahl an An- und Abkoppelvorgängen sowie nach … Benchmarkproblemen getestet. Für die bekannten Benchmarkprobleme der Multi-Depot und periodischen Tourenplanung konnten neue beste …

decisions of how much to order for a product of limited shelf life and when (if at all) to start selling the product in the … retailer's order quantity as well as the time to start selling in the secondary market. In our two essays on retail operations …, we analyze a retailer's optimal order quantity and when he/she starts selling in the secondary market. We refer to the …