DocumentCode
3381165
Title
The application of Wi-Fi RTLS in automatic warehouse management system
Author
Xiangguo Ma ; Tongjuan Liu
Author_Institution
Beijing Wuzi Univ., Beijing, China
fYear
2011
fDate
15-16 Aug. 2011
Firstpage
64
Lastpage
69
Abstract
With the world economy warmer, new opportunities for development of logistics industry have been brought. Under this new situation, how to improve the productivity and reduce the operating costs are very important issues for enterprises. Wireless Fidelity and Real Time Location Systems used in automatic warehouse management system can make the management of storage, transportation and distribution more efficient, and it also can accurate and logical. It can helps the enterprises to reduce the operation costs, and put itself in a dominate position in the competition. Establishing the warehouse management information system based on this technology, can make the distribution of information more smoothly, which is beneficial to control and reduce inventory, and it can improve the turnover and reduce the costs including the human resource costs. It is an important segment for the enterprise to facing the financial crisis and improving the productivity. In the same time, the application of this system can provide the technical foundation for logistics warehouse management system based on the Internet of Things.
Keywords
Internet; manufacturing data processing; warehouse automation; wireless LAN; Internet of Things; Wi-Fi RTLS application; automatic warehouse management system; logistics industry; logistics warehouse management system; real time location systems; warehouse management information system; wireless fidelity; Consumer electronics; Databases; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Logistics; Software; Wireless LAN; Writing; Wi-Fi RTLS; automatic warehouse; information system;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Automation and Logistics (ICAL), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Chongqing
ISSN
2161-8151
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0301-0
Electronic_ISBN
2161-8151
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICAL.2011.6024685
Filename
6024685
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