Title :
The application of Wi-Fi RTLS in automatic warehouse management system
Author :
Xiangguo Ma ; Tongjuan Liu
Author_Institution :
Beijing Wuzi Univ., Beijing, China
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;
Conference_Titel :
Automation and Logistics (ICAL), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0301-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-8151
DOI :
10.1109/ICAL.2011.6024685