Coil inventory management in the tokai logistics center, Maruta Transport Co., Ltd
The tokai logistics center (Maruta Transport Co., Ltd.) is 20866 sqm site with 10000 sqm accommodation. One of the mainly warehoused items is coil. Before introduction of a new inventory system, operators needed to crawl under a pile of coils to check the bar-coded tags. The manner practiced there w...
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Published in | Denki-seiko Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 233 - 239 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Japanese |
Published |
01.07.2006
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Summary: | The tokai logistics center (Maruta Transport Co., Ltd.) is 20866 sqm site with 10000 sqm accommodation. One of the mainly warehoused items is coil. Before introduction of a new inventory system, operators needed to crawl under a pile of coils to check the bar-coded tags. The manner practiced there was unsafe and quite inefficient for the workers; in spite of the fact that automated transportation crane position management systems had been employed effectively at many other warehouses. Now high-performance computers with a smooth three-dimensional displaying capability are readily available in the market and that is the main reason we created 'The Maruta Tokai Warehouse Inventory Management System " to eradicate the above mentioned time-consuming and risky operations there. In 2004, we completed the new system that showed warehouse situation to the crane operators in real-time. Outline of the system, the method of warehouse management and principle of the crane navigation is described in this paper. |
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ISSN: | 0011-8389 |