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Title: |
Investigation Of The Influences Of Article And Order Structure On The
Dimensioning Of Zone-Picking-Systems |
Authors: |
Alexander Ulbrich, Stefan Galka, Willibald A.
Günthner |
Published in: |
ECMS
2008 Proceedings Edited
by: Loucas
S. Louca, Yiorgos Chrysanthou, Zuzana Oplatkova, Khalid Al-Begain ISBN:
978-0-9553018-6-5 Doi:
10.7148/2008 22nd
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Nicosia, June
3-6, 2008 |
Citation
format: |
Ulbrich, A.,
Galka, S., & Guenthner, W. A. (2008). Investigation Of The Influences Of Article And Order
Structure On The Dimensioning Of Zone-Picking-Systems. ECMS 2008 Proceedings
edited by: L. S. Louca, Y. Chrysanthou, Z. Oplatkova, K.
Al-Begain (pp. 434-440). European Council for Modeling and Simulation.
doi:10.7148/2008-0434 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2008-0434 |
Abstract: |
“First, the order picking then the
stock planning – In the order picking area the most stuff is usually
employed. Here the customer service and the logistics quality are decided.
The highest costs incur here.” [7]. The planning of an order picking system
is characterized by the complexity of the system. Through the use of
simulation in rough planning, more precise statements about the performance
of order picking systems can be made. The planning process with the PlanKom
tool, which uses the simulation, is described at the beginning of this paper.
Focus is the investigation from the so- called zone-picking.
The planning of such a system raises the question of how long a zone should
be, so that performance is maximized. In this context, the influence of
article structure, storage strategy, order structure and number of zones on
the performance is examined. For this study 1.080 simulation runs have been
performed. The results show that the article structure has a large impact on
performance by picking in a small number of zones. With increasing number of
zones, the influence of the article structure is less. Furthermore, the
results show that the storage strategy “concentration of fast moving parts”
has a higher performance than a chaotic storage strategy. |
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