The rapid respond to marketplace in apparel logistics is objective requirement of market competition to modern clothing enterprises. Apparel logistics emphasize the precision and timeliness of data information strongly, therefore, data mining technology should be used to analyze the data information, and thus support the smooth functioning of the entire apparel logistics. Data mining technology...

This paper discusses the issues of how to improve systematic problems such as unreasonable warehouse layout, non-standard warehousing operation, incorrect inventory counting method, and imperfect information. The Analytic Hierarchy Process is adopted analyze factors affecting picking efficiency, while Cube-Order Index (COI) for optimizing storage location, which planned according turnover rate ...

This paper considers a single-item, two-echelon, continuous-review inventory model. A number of retailers have their stock replenished from a central warehouse. The warehouse in turn replenishes stock from an external supplier. The demand processes on the retailers are independent Poisson. Demand not met at a retailer is lost. The order quantity from each retailer on the warehouse and from the ...

We consider a periodic-review inventory system with one warehouse and N non-identical retailers. Each location replenishes inventory according to a base-stock policy in a fixed time interval. A fixed cost is incurred for each inventory reorder. The warehouse fills the retailers’ orders in the same sequence as the original demand. The objective is to minimize the long-run average system cost per...

In this paper, we develop a mathematical programming approach for coordinating inventory and transportation decisions in an inbound commodity collection system. In particular, we consider a system that consists of a set of geographically dispersed suppliers that manufacture one or more non-identical items, and a central warehouse that stocks these items. The warehouse faces a constant and deter...

The Mobile Detection Assessment Response System (MDARS) is an automated robotic security and inventory system capable of controlling multiple indoor and/or outdoor autonomous platforms from a single host console. Separate development efforts target: 1) warehouse interiors and 2) outdoor storage areas. The MDARS Interior system is designed to run on its own, with each robot patrolling a designat...