Models for automated storage and retrieval systems: a literature review

Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) are warehousing systems that use mechanised devices to accomplish the repetitive tasks of storing and retrieving parts in racks. Since these systems represent a significant investment and considerable operating costs, their use must be as efficient as...

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Published inInternational journal of production research Vol. 50; no. 24; pp. 7110 - 7125
Main Authors Gagliardi, Jean-Philippe, Renaud, Jacques, Ruiz, Angel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 15.12.2012
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Applied sciences
AS/RS
Automated storage retrieval systems
Automation
Computer science; control theory; systems
Control theory. Systems
Exact sciences and technology
Material handling, hoisting. Storage. Packaging
Operations research
Pallets
Robotics
Simulation
Studies
Transfert equipment, manipulators; industrial robots
warehouse design
Warehousing
warehousing systems
Automated storage retrieval system
warehousing systems
Travel time
Warehouse
Probabilistic approach
Transit time
AS/RS
simulation
Operating cost
warehouse design
Review
Modeling
Steady state
Warehousing
Dynamic model
Investment cost
Repetition
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Summary:Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) are warehousing systems that use mechanised devices to accomplish the repetitive tasks of storing and retrieving parts in racks. Since these systems represent a significant investment and considerable operating costs, their use must be as efficient as possible. AS/RS performance is the result of the interaction of many complex and stochastic subsystems. This reality creates a need for robust and efficient evaluation models. This article complements previous surveys on AS/RS by focusing on the particular research question addressed by each work and the associated assumptions used for the various models designed for evaluating AS/RS. Dynamic models based on simulation dominate the most recent literature; however, static approaches based on travel-time modelling have strongly contributed to the study of AS/RS. This review includes dynamic - simulation-based - models, but considers also steady-state (travel-time-based) models. We believe that this review may be of great help to researchers and industrial users in their search for the best modelling approach for a specific problem.
ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2011.633234