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Mobile Robot Automation in Warehouses

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The tactical decisions provide a boundary for the operational decisions to be taken when running the warehouse on a day-to-day basis. Operational-level decisions could be altered in the short term. Their effect on the warehouse operations could be observed within the same month or even within the same day as they directly affect operations. Thus, warehouse managers can experiment (without jeopardising the ongoing operations) with their decisions to optimise the operational focus areas.

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Yildirim, A., Reefke, H., Aktas, E. (2023). Operational Decisions in Mobile Robot Automation. In: Mobile Robot Automation in Warehouses. Palgrave Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12307-8_6

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