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Title: |
Automated Warehouse Design Using Visual Interactive Simulation
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Authors: |
António
C. Brito, José A. Basto |
Published in: |
(2006).ECMS
2006 Proceedings edited by: W. Borutzky, A. Orsoni, R. Zobel. European
Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2006 ISBN:
0-9553018-0-7 20th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Bonn,
May 28-31, 2006 |
Citation
format: |
Brito, A. C., & Basto,
J. A. (2006). Automated Warehouse Design Using Visual Interactive Simulation.
ECMS 2006 Proceedings edited by: W. Borutzky, A. Orsoni, R. Zobel
(pp. 593-598). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2006-0593 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2006-0593 |
Abstract: |
A simulation
model of a full automated warehouse was custom developed for EFACEC, a large
Portuguese company in the warehouse design, building and consultancy business. EFACEC was preparing a proposal for a
client and they needed the model to evaluate and test their options. They
also wanted to use the model as a marketing tool to gain the contract. Two persons
with previous experience in simulation formed the development team. The model
was developed in four months with full time dedication, but was inflexible to support significant changes after EFACEC won the
bid. Furthermore,
the increasing demand for warehouse design made the development of specific
hard coded simulation models for EFACEC inadequate. The need for a flexible
tool, easier to use, lead to the development of a Decision Support System: AWARD
(Advanced WARehouse Design). |
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