,Michael ten Hompel · Thorsten Schmidt
Warehouse Management
,Michael ten Hompel · Thorsten Schmidt
Warehouse
Management
Automation and Organisation of
Warehouse and Order Picking Systems
With 154 Figures and 48 Tables
123
, Authors
Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel
Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schmidt
Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluß
und Logistik (IML)
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 2–4
44227 Dortmund, Germany
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006930591
ISBN-10 3-540-35218-X Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
ISBN-13 978-3-540-35218-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Warehouse Management
,Michael ten Hompel · Thorsten Schmidt
Warehouse
Management
Automation and Organisation of
Warehouse and Order Picking Systems
With 154 Figures and 48 Tables
123
, Authors
Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel
Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schmidt
Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluß
und Logistik (IML)
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 2–4
44227 Dortmund, Germany
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006930591
ISBN-10 3-540-35218-X Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
ISBN-13 978-3-540-35218-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part
of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of
illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way,
and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted
only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in
its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer.
Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
The publisher and the authors accept no legal responsibility for any damage caused
by improper use of the instructions and programs contained in this book and the CD-
ROM. Although the software has been tested with extreme care, errors in the software
cannot be excluded.
Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media
springer.com
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this pub-
lication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names
are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for
general use.
Typesetting: by the Authors
Production: LE-TEX Jelonek, Schmidt & Vöckler GbR, Leipzig
Cover: medionet AG, Berlin
Printed on acid-free paper 68/3100YL - 5 4 3 2 1 0