Print Email Facebook Twitter The Impact of Order Characteristics Uncertainty on Different Configurations of the Outbound Logistics of a 3PL Warehouse Title The Impact of Order Characteristics Uncertainty on Different Configurations of the Outbound Logistics of a 3PL Warehouse Author Eil, Willem-Jan (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences) Contributor Vleugel, J (mentor) Beelaerts van Blokland, W.W.A. (graduation committee) Negenborn, R.R. (mentor) Put, M. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics Date 2022-06-01 Abstract There has been a growing interest in improving the operating efficiency of warehouses, which is one of the critical facilities used in the logistics sector. This thesis examines the impact of order characteristics on the performance of different configurations of the outbound logistics of a 3PL warehouse. A contingency approach combined with a proof of configuration method is used to answer this question. The contingency variables in this study are the order characteristics, which are uncertain for the future state of the newly built e-commerce warehouse Haaften III for Nedcargo Logistics, A third-party logistics provider in the Netherlands. Six contingency scenarios are chosen, and a model transforms them into experiments. Three different potential warehouse configuration models process these experiments, and their productivity performance is compared and analysed. Our results showed that the compactness of the layout, ABC-class-based storage and a new picking strategy, Star Aisle Batch combined with Singlepicks, provides the best productivity in each scenario. Next, between each scenario, the productivity is impacted differently. The productivity is higher if the order characteristics contain a low percentage of A-type products, the amount of colli is high, or orderlines per order are low. A change in configuration or strategy within each scenario also influences productivity differently. Lastly, it is also proved that the new proposed configuration and picking strategy can improve its current productivity by over 30%. Subject 3PL WarehouseContingency ApproachWarehouse ConfigurationUncertaintyOrder CharacteristicsWarehouse ModellingProof of ConfigurationOutbound Logistics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:64932329-f1df-444b-b988-ffc168da6c85 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2022 Willem-Jan Eil Files PDF Final_Thesis_Report_W.J.Eil.pdf 5.01 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:64932329-f1df-444b-b988-ffc168da6c85/datastream/OBJ/view