Cycle time models for dual address storage and retrieval systems

Author

AlTassan, Khalid ; Malmborg, Charles J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Decision Sci. & Eng. Syst., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

12-15 Oct 1997

Firstpage

3878

Abstract

Analytical models of order picking cycle times are proposed for storage and retrieval (S/R) systems using opportunistic and forced interleaving disciplines. For S/R systems using opportunistic interleaving, models are used to predict the distribution of single and dual command order picking cycles as a function of transaction demand and storage layout. For S/R systems using forced interleaving, models are proposed for estimation of expected system response times. In both cases, analytical methods are used to generate estimates of transaction service times, waiting times and order picker utilization

Keywords

operations research; transaction processing; warehouse automation; analytical models; cycle time models; dual address retrieval systems; dual address storage systems; dual command order picking cycle distribution prediction; expected system response time estimation; forced interleaving; opportunistic interleaving; order picker utilization; order picking cycle times; single command order picking cycle distribution prediction; storage layout; transaction demand; transaction service time estimation; transaction waiting time estimation; Analytical models; Delay; Dispatching; Interleaved codes; Material storage; Predictive models; Systems engineering and theory; Vehicle dynamics; Warehousing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4053-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1997.633276

Filename

633276