Logistics Systems Design: Storage Systems

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Table of Contents

Logistics Systems Design: Storage Systems

Warehousing Systems Overview

Unit Load Storage Policies Overview

Storage Policy Definition

Unit Load Storage Definitions

Pallet Rack Example

Unit Load AS/RS

Unit Load AS/RS Schematic

Ocean Going Container Ship

Ocean Going Intermodal Container

Unit Load Advantages

Unit Load Disadvantages

Command Cycles

Warehousing Objectives

Warehousing Objectives Continued

Main Storage Principle to Maximize Storage Capacity

Main Storage Principle to Minimize Travel

Shared Storage Example: Frequency of Access Distribution

Unit Load Storage Policies

Cycle Inventory Pattern

Dedicated vs. Shared Storage Policies: Product Dedicated

Dedicated vs. Shared Storage Policies: Product Shared

Warehousing Sharing Factor and Balance

Storage Literature Review

Unit Load Storage Policies Overview

Unit Load Warehouse

Product Information (Factoring)

Factoring Condition

Travel Independence

Warehouse Factoring Distances

Demand Based Layout

Demand Based Layout

Total Travel Time for Demand Based Layout

Inventory Based Layout

Inventory Based Layout

Total Travel Time for Inventory Based Layout

Frequency of Access

Product Turnover Dedicated Storage Layout (Factoring)

Total Travel (Factoring)

Frequency of Access Based Storage Policy

Product Information (Non-Factoring)

Product A Expected Distances

Product B Expected Distances

Product C Expected Distances

Product Storage Assignment Formulation (Non-Factoring)

Product Turnover Dedicated Storage Layout (Non-Factoring)

Total Travel (Non-Factoring)

Product Turnover Class Based Storage

Turnover Based Class Storage Policy

Inventory Distribution

Zone Size Determination Based on Service Level a

Safety Inventory for Product Turnover Based Storage

Unit Load Storage Policies Overview

Shared Storage Example: Product Information

Shared Storage Example: Rack Information

Shared Storage Example: Rack Travel Times

Shared Storage Example: Product Dedicated Travel

Shared Storage Example: Product Turnover Storage

Shared Storage Example: Days 4K+1 and 4K+2

Shared Storage Example: Days 4K+2 and 4K+3

Shared Storage Example: Days 4K+3 and 4K+4

Duration of Stay Shared Storage

Shared Storage Example: Duration-Of-Stay Storage

Closest-Open-Location (COL) Storage

Shared Storage Example: Frequency of Access Distribution

Shared Storage Example: Shared Versus Dedicated

Duration of Stay Shared Storage Observations

Perfectly Balanced Warehouse

Product Schedule Information

Unit Load Duration of Stay

Unit Load Duration of Stay Shared Storage Layout

Total Travel (Duration-Of-Stay)

Total Travel (Duration-Of-Stay)

Closest-Open-Location (COL) Storage

Closest-Open-Location Travel Time

Not Perfectly Balanced Systems

Safety Inventory for Duration-Of-Stay Storage

Unit Load Storage Policies Overview

Experiment

Travel versus Batch Size

Travel Time versus Number of Products

Storage Policies Comparison Observations

Unit Load Storage Policies Overview

Storage Policy Conclusions

Warehousing Systems Overview

Pick versus Reserve Storage Overview

Order Picking Operations

How Much Space for a Product in the Active Pick Area

Pick versus Reserve Areas

Manual Order Picking Area

Small Parts Carousel Order Picking System

A-Frame Order Picking System

Pick versus Reserve Problem

Pick versus Reserve Storage Overview

Pick Versus Reserve Notation

Pick versus Reserve Formulation

Pick versus Reserve Formulation Characteristics

Pick versus Reserve Storage Overview

Space Allocation Subproblem: Formulation

Space Allocation Subproblem: Heuristic Solution

“Square Root Law” for Space Allocation

How Much Space for a Product in the Active Pick Area

Greedy Product Ranking Heuristic for Master Problem

Hackman-Rosenblatt Heuristic

Heuristic Accelerations

Pick versus Reserve Storage Overview

Warehouse Configuration Problem

Rule-Based Configuration

Science-Based Configuration

Optimum Assignment Factors

Warehouse Configuration Heuristic

How Much Space for a Product in the Active Pick Area

Ratio of a Product Family i

Assumptions

Pick versus Reserve Storage Overview

Conclusions

Warehousing Systems Overview

Block Stacking Overview

Block Stacking Overview

Block Stacking Example

Block Stacking Illustration

Block Stacking Example: Soft Drink Bottling

Block Stacking Storage or Retrieval Operation

Block Stacking Storage of Household Appliances

Block Stacking Applications

Block Stacking Characteristics

Block Stacking Terminology

Application Areas

Block Stacking Objectives

Required Decision Policies

Space Utilization Objective

Basic Space-Time Tradeoff

Assumptions

Space-Time Tradeoff for Dedicated Storage

Space-Time Tradeoff for Shared Storage

Shared Storage

Block Stacking Ground Plan

Notation for Parameters

Notation for Variables

Single Lane Depth Derivation: Lane Occupation Times

Single Lane Depth Derivation: Total Space-Time Consumption

Single Lane Depth Derivation: Optimal Single Lane Depth

Single Lane Depth for Multiple Products Example

Single Lane Depth for Multiple Products Enumeration

Single Lane Depth Derivation

Number of Occupied Lanes Distribution

Number of Lanes of a Depth Distribution

Number Lanes Determination Based on Service Level a

Literature Review

Literature Review

Optimal Triangular Pattern

Depth Pattern Selection

Experimental Comparison of Policies

Experimental Comparison: Aisle to Pallet Ratio (A/L)

Experimental Comparison: Number of Stacks (Q)

Experimental Comparison: % On Hand Inventory (I)

Block Stacking Design Program

Warehouse Layout Policy...

Warehouse Layout Policy cont.

Deep Lane Storage System

Deep Lane Storage System Detail

Deep Lane Storage Example

Author: Marc Goetschalckx

Email: marc.goetschalckx@isye.gatech.edu

Home Page: www.isye.gatech.edu/~mgoetsch/index.html

Other information:
Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 765 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0205, +1-404-894-2317

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