DocumentCode :
2659466
Title :
Design of warehousing and distribution systems: an object model of facilities, functions and information
Author :
Govindaraj, T. ; Blanco, Edgar E. ; Bodner, Douglas A. ; Goetschalckx, Marc ; McGinnis, Leon E. ; Sharp, Gunter P.
Author_Institution :
Ind. & Syst. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume :
2
fYear :
2000
fDate :
2000
Firstpage :
1099
Abstract :
Design of warehousing and distribution systems is more an art than a science that reflects the cultures of particular design teams. Warehouses are often designed and operated by third party logistics companies with tight margins. Therefore, there is increased pressure to design warehouses that are flexible and adaptable, even while the available information is incomplete. Also, designers lack coherent and explicit models of information and function flow. The primary goal of the research discussed is to lay the foundation for developing such models. Working closely with expert designers, we have identified the key pieces of information and organized them in the form of an object model. Using this model, it should eventually be possible to provide relevant information to designers via context-sensitive (or `ecological´ or `intelligent´) displays. Upon further development, the model will be incorporated into an interactive system to assist in design. The authors describe the object model, and outline plans for implementing a design system
Keywords :
CAD; object-oriented programming; production engineering computing; warehouse automation; context-sensitive displays; design system; design teams; distribution systems design; expert designers; explicit models; function flow; interactive system; object model; relevant information; third party logistics companies; warehousing systems design; Art; Context modeling; Design engineering; Displays; Logistics; Manufacturing; Production systems; Supply chains; Systems engineering and theory; Warehousing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nashville, TN
ISSN :
1062-922X
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6583-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2000.885998
Filename :
885998
Link To Document :
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