Order batching and sequencing for minimising the total order completion time in pick-and-sort warehouses

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Highlights：

• Focusing on the challenge of blocking/starving brought by the pick-and-sort strategy.

• Proposing the order batching and sequencing problem under the pick-and-sort strategy.

• Providing the intelligence of coordination for the existing order batching method.

• Presenting managerial insights on coordinating the picking and sorting in practice.

摘要

•Focusing on the challenge of blocking/starving brought by the pick-and-sort strategy.•Proposing the order batching and sequencing problem under the pick-and-sort strategy.•Providing the intelligence of coordination for the existing order batching method.•Presenting managerial insights on coordinating the picking and sorting in practice.

论文关键词：Order batching and sequencing,Pick-and-sort,Blocking and starving,Situation-based seed algorithm

论文评审过程：Received 16 December 2020, Revised 6 July 2021, Accepted 18 September 2021, Available online 24 September 2021, Version of Record 2 October 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115943