Presentation on Order Batching in the Food Industry

At the 85th Annual Conference of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB), held in Göttingen, Udo Buscher gave a presentation on the topic “Optimal Order Batching Across Multiple Time Periods in a Setting with Two Order Picking Systems”. The presentation was based on research conducted in collaboration with co-authors Henrik Weimann und Martin Scheffler. The presentation focused on analyses based on extensive datasets from a major German food retailer. Using a mathematical model and solution approaches built upon it, the presentation demonstrated how order management between markets and the logistics center can be optimized through intelligent order batching. The results underscore the potential of innovative mathematical approaches to improve efficiency and collaboration in the food supply chain.