Robotized and Automated Warehouse Systems
Module 07 · Week 42 · Optimize
Robotized and Automated Warehouse Systems
Coordinate routes, batches, zones, and multiple pickers while preserving operational realism.
Decision levelOperational planning and control
Core modelRoute, batch, zone, and picker coordination
How can we coordinate people, orders, routes, zones, and automation while preserving operational realism?
This module turns picking-system design into a coordinated operational problem. You will study routes, batches, zones, picker interactions, automated systems, and emerging OR/ML approaches while testing whether model objectives reflect the actual service and implementation problem.
By the end of this module, you can
- formulate a routing or batching decision for order picking;
- explain zoning and consolidation consequences;
- reason about multiple-pickers and makespan;
- evaluate automated picking and mobile-robot coordination; and
- critique where an OR or ML method omits operational constraints.
Slides
Supporting material
Use the automated picking systems classification to compare system families and Azadeh, De Koster, and Roy (2019) for the research overview.