Simulation of a large-scale brewery distribution system

Author

Weigl, K. Heinz

Author_Institution

ESLA, Wien, Austria

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

13-16 Dec 1998

Firstpage

1255

Abstract

The paper describes a simulation model of a large beverage distribution center. The brewery distribution center has a volume of 71,600 cubic meters and contains about 8000 pallets. Every day, 1800 pallets are handled in or out of the system, and the object of this study was to verify the functionality of the automated storage and retrieval system and integrated conveyor system-including elevators connecting five levels of the distribution center. The complex system is modeled with the powerful simulation software Arena(R). A brief discussion of the results is also given

Keywords

brewing industry; conveyors; digital simulation; distributive data processing; lifts; Arena; automated storage; brewery distribution center; elevators; integrated conveyor system; large beverage distribution center; large scale brewery distribution system simulation; pallets; retrieval system; simulation model; simulation software; Analytical models; Automatic speech recognition; Computational modeling; Cranes; Elevators; Joining processes; Large-scale systems; Performance analysis; Power system modeling; Storage automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1998. Winter

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5133-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1998.745987

Filename

745987