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Designing the layout structure of manual order picking areas in warehouses

Kees Jan Roodbergen RSM Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Gunter P. Sharp School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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Iris F.A. Vis Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Room 3A-31, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 1032-1045 | Received 01 Oct 2006, Accepted 01 Nov 2007, Published online: 27 Aug 2008

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