A Dive Into Manually Picked Seafood Distributing Warehouse Optimization An investigation of how to create more efficient manual picking processes in seafood distributing warehouses
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Engineering mathematics and computational science (MPENM), MSc
Quality and operations management (MPQOM), MSc
Quality and operations management (MPQOM), MSc
Publicerad
2023
Författare
Widlöf, Matilda
Oresten, Tryggve
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Seafood distributing warehouses struggle with low efficiency. It is an industry where historically low
focus has been placed on developing the warehouses capabilities meaning that they have typically
lagged behind other industries. There exists plentiful literature on the best practice of designing ware-
houses but none which tries to adapt the best practice to the particular circumstances of the seafood
distributing industry, a gap this study aims to bridge. Through an abductive case study focusing on
theory elaboration the specific context was understood. Literature was used to find the best tools to
use for the setting and in the case of storage assignment strategy simulations were utilized in order to
evaluate the best technique.
The results of this thesis indicate best ways of designing warehouses when it comes to their shape,
layout, batching method, zoning methodology, choice of pallet racks and storage location assignment
method for article placement. Of special interest is the best storage location assignment method found
by the study which solely utilized frequency of demand for allocating storage spaces, though there
exist methods this study did not attempt which might be superior. The study investigated cluster
based models incorporating association into the model but these were shown to be subpar. Practical
consequences of implementing the guidelines presented by this study include a more resource efficient
manually picked seafood distributing warehouse with shorter lead times and more efficient storage.