Design and Performance Models for End-of-Aisle Order Picking Systems

The design of end-of-aisle order picking systems is addressed by focusing on a miniload automated storage/retrieval system. Performance models are developed for the miniload and a design algorithm is presented. The design algorithm has as its objective the minimization of the number of storage aisle...

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Published inManagement science Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 852 - 866
Main Authors Bozer, Yavuz A, White, John A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hanover, MD., etc INFORMS 01.07.1990
Institute of Management Sciences
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
SeriesManagement Science
Subjects
Algorithms
Approximation
automated storage
Automated storage retrieval systems
Design engineering
Determinism
Input output
Lagermanagement
Logistik
material handling
Materials handling
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Minimization of cost
Order picking
Product development
Space storage
Statistical analysis
Storage containers
Theorie
Travel time
Warehousing
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Summary:The design of end-of-aisle order picking systems is addressed by focusing on a miniload automated storage/retrieval system. Performance models are developed for the miniload and a design algorithm is presented. The design algorithm has as its objective the minimization of the number of storage aisles subject to two types of capacity constraints: throughput and storage space. Although the system with two pick positions can be modeled directly as a closed queueing network with two servers and two customers, its special structure led to an alternative approach in developing the performance model. For two and more pick positions, the results obtained are compared with those obtainable using simulation and a diffusion approximation.
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ISSN:0025-1909
1526-5501
DOI:10.1287/mnsc.36.7.852