Performance boost the pick algorithm in the warehouse
Peter Brouwers, Peter Paul van de Beek, on 29-05-2019Category: Podcast Tags: cloud Algorithms Warehouse scaling performance flexibility
In this episode we dive into the world were e-commerce becomes physical. We talk about the bol.com Fulfilment Center (BFC). Within these centres, we have several challenges and one of these challenges has to do with the picking algorithm. The pick algorithm determines the route in a warehouse that is performed to pick all the products for a set of customers. As bol.com we have very high volumes of products that we must send from our warehouses to customers every day. So, it makes sense to optimize the distance that…
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