Simulation as decision support for the planning of order-picking-systems

Alexander Uibrich; Stefan Galka; Willibald A. Gunthner

Simulation as decision support for the planning of order-picking-systems

Alexander Uibrich
, Stefan Galka
, Willibald A. Gunthner

Chair of Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics

Technical University of Munich

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Precisely at the time of" the global crisis the efficiency and flexibility of logistics systems gain increasing attention. Especially the robustness of order picking systems play a crucial role because the most stuff is usually employed there and thus the highest costs incur in this area. This underscores the need for established planning of picking systems. To support the planning a planning tool was developed at the Institute for Materials Handling, Material Flow and Logistics of the Technische Universitat Miinchen. Simulation is used to determine performance of heterogeneous multilevel picking systems. Besides the use in industrial projects the tool is used for systematic investigations of influence factors of order picking systems. The main research objective is the development of design guidelines to support the planner in the selection of planning versions. Using the classical person to good picking the performance is depending on the shelf arrangement. One possibility to reduce the way of the picker is the integration of additional shortcuts between the lanes. In this paper different layout configurations with shortcuts are investigated by the tool and it concludes with a design advice for the positioning of shortcuts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc
Pages	322-327
Number of pages	6
Edition	3
State	Published - 2009
Event	Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 13 Jun 2009 → 16 Jun 2009

Publication series

Name	Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc
Number	3
Volume	41

Conference

Conference	Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	13/06/09 → 16/06/09

Keywords

Decision making
Dimensioning
Order-picking systems
Plantsimulation
Rough planning
Simulation

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Uibrich, A., Galka, S., & Gunthner, W. A. (2009). Simulation as decision support for the planning of order-picking-systems. In Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc (3 ed., pp. 322-327). (Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc; Vol. 41, No. 3).

Uibrich, Alexander ; Galka, Stefan ; Gunthner, Willibald A. / Simulation as decision support for the planning of order-picking-systems. Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc. 3. ed. 2009. pp. 322-327 (Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc; 3).

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Uibrich, A, Galka, S & Gunthner, WA 2009, Simulation as decision support for the planning of order-picking-systems. in Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc. 3 edn, Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc, no. 3, vol. 41, pp. 322-327, Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc, Istanbul, Turkey, 13/06/09.

Simulation as decision support for the planning of order-picking-systems. / Uibrich, Alexander; Galka, Stefan; Gunthner, Willibald A.
Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc. 3. ed. 2009. p. 322-327 (Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc; Vol. 41, No. 3).

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Uibrich A, Galka S, Gunthner WA. Simulation as decision support for the planning of order-picking-systems. In Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc. 3 ed. 2009. p. 322-327. (Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc; 3).

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