Christopher Reining completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Logistics at TU Dortmund University. He then worked as a research associate at the Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing, where he earned his Dr.-Ing. with a dissertation on human activity recognition in logistics, particularly in order picking. At 4flow SE, he led international consulting projects in intralogistics and production. He is currently Chief Scientist at the Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing at TU Dortmund University and a member of the executive staff at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics.Friedrich Niemann completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s studies in Logistics at TU Dortmund University. He subsequently worked as a research associate at the Chair of Production Organization and Logistics at the University of Rostock as well as at the Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing at TU Dortmund University. As part of his teaching activities, he is responsible for the course “Order Picking Systems.” His research focuses on order picking. He is currently pursuing his doctorate on “Context- and Activity-Based Process Recognition in Intralogistics.”

• Order picking as a sub-function in material flow systems.- Fundamentals of order picking.- Technical components of order picking systems.- System types in order picking.- Optimisation of order picking systems.- Determining the performance of order picking systems.- Planning of order picking systems.- System examples.- Overview of central formulas.