Research on Hybrid Real-Time Picking Routing Optimization Based on Multiple Picking Stations

Deyao Wang, Jun Jiang, Ran Ma, Guicheng Shen and Emiliano Mucchi

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2022, vol. 2022, 1-15

Abstract: In the order picking process of the warehouse center, considering the rapid increase in the volume of orders arriving at the picking center at the time of the promotional festival, a hybrid operation mode with multiple picking tables is used to meet the picking requirements of the huge number of real-time orders. Therefore, in this paper, a hybrid picking mode is proposed, taking into account both the idle degree of picking stations and their order item centers of gravity, and a new reinforcement learning algorithm embedding mechanism (PRL) with placeholder control is designed to solve the problem of a huge number of real-time item orders arriving at the picking center system on promotional holidays and in inconsistent quantities, and numerical simulations are performed for this algorithm. The experimental results show that the PRL algorithm in hybrid picking mode can handle a huge number of orders simultaneously and improve picking efficiency effectively.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1155/2022/5510749

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