Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry

The design of sustainable warehouses has significant importance, influencing economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Order picking represents a key operation within a warehouse, and an effective design directly affects its sustainability performance. The objective of this investigation is to...

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Main Authors: Arachaphon Thairach, Sirirat Suwatcharachaitiwong, Sivasit Wittayasilp, Laksiri Treeranurat, Panupong Vichitkunakorn, Nikorn Sirivongpaisal
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19397038.2025.2527294
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author Arachaphon Thairach
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Sivasit Wittayasilp
Laksiri Treeranurat
Panupong Vichitkunakorn
Nikorn Sirivongpaisal
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description The design of sustainable warehouses has significant importance, influencing economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Order picking represents a key operation within a warehouse, and an effective design directly affects its sustainability performance. The objective of this investigation is to present a case study of a small and medium-sized frozen seafood warehouse focusing on designing the broken case manual order picking operation to achieve multiple performance optimisations under the sustainability framework. The key performance indicators, including Rack Utilisation, Labour Utilisation, and Total Picking Time (TPT), while employing experimental design and simulation techniques to analyse influential factors, were considered within the perspective of the work. The findings indicate that the pursuit of sustainability necessitates a careful balance among economic, social, and environmental considerations concerning proper order picking factors. Significant factors, including batch picking and fixed storage assignment, yielding a composite desirability function of 0.2953, having target settings of 80% for both labour and rack utilisation, and a total picking time of 25 minutes, were determined for the optimum configuration parameters. Based on the findings of this work, the data could have a potential value to validate, illustrate, or extend theories applicable to other warehouses and similar research fields to enhance warehouse sustainability.
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spelling doaj-art-2a2e8a9c09be4b3a91ade39cf30793322025-08-20T03:29:04ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Sustainable Engineering1939-70381939-70462025-12-0118110.1080/19397038.2025.2527294Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industryArachaphon Thairach0Sirirat Suwatcharachaitiwong1Sivasit Wittayasilp2Laksiri Treeranurat3Panupong Vichitkunakorn4Nikorn Sirivongpaisal5Logistics and Supply Chain Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, ThailandLogistics and Supply Chain Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, ThailandLogistics and Supply Chain Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, ThailandLogistics and Supply Chain Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, ThailandDivision of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, ThailandLogistics and Supply Chain Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, ThailandThe design of sustainable warehouses has significant importance, influencing economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Order picking represents a key operation within a warehouse, and an effective design directly affects its sustainability performance. The objective of this investigation is to present a case study of a small and medium-sized frozen seafood warehouse focusing on designing the broken case manual order picking operation to achieve multiple performance optimisations under the sustainability framework. The key performance indicators, including Rack Utilisation, Labour Utilisation, and Total Picking Time (TPT), while employing experimental design and simulation techniques to analyse influential factors, were considered within the perspective of the work. The findings indicate that the pursuit of sustainability necessitates a careful balance among economic, social, and environmental considerations concerning proper order picking factors. Significant factors, including batch picking and fixed storage assignment, yielding a composite desirability function of 0.2953, having target settings of 80% for both labour and rack utilisation, and a total picking time of 25 minutes, were determined for the optimum configuration parameters. Based on the findings of this work, the data could have a potential value to validate, illustrate, or extend theories applicable to other warehouses and similar research fields to enhance warehouse sustainability.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19397038.2025.2527294Broken case order pickingefficiencysustainabilitydesign of experimentcomputer simulation
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Nikorn Sirivongpaisal
Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
Broken case order picking
efficiency
sustainability
design of experiment
computer simulation
title Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry
title_full Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry
title_fullStr Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry
title_full_unstemmed Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry
title_short Designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry
title_sort designing the sustainable broken case manual order picking operation in the finished goods warehouse of the frozen processed seafood industry
topic Broken case order picking
efficiency
sustainability
design of experiment
computer simulation
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19397038.2025.2527294
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