DocumentCode
2034842
Title
AS/RS Simulation and Optimization Based on Flexsim
Author
Yan, Bo ; Lee, Danyu
Author_Institution
Sch. of Econ. & Commerce, South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou
fYear
2009
fDate
23-24 May 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
It is an ideal choice of establishing the simulation of the Automatic Storage&Retrieval System (AS/RS) for predicting cost and increasing efficiency. In this paper, Flexsim is used to build up an AS/RS system model for simulation and optimization. Firstly, the overall process and simulation modeling are described in detail based on Flexsim. During analysis of the model, this paper focuses on the key links of the model such as the utilization rates of conveyors and stackers and how to reduce the idle time, and then we provides two ways for system optimization to solve the bottleneck problem, in order to maximize the efficiency of the system.
Keywords
conveyors; storage automation; warehouse automation; Flexsim; automatic retrieval system; automatic storage system; automatic warehouse; conveyors; stackers; Analytical models; Business; Cost function; Economic forecasting; Flowcharts; Logistics; Predictive models; Storage automation; Synthesizers; Warehousing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Systems and Applications, 2009. ISA 2009. International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3893-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3894-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IWISA.2009.5072759
Filename
5072759
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