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Throughput Analysis of Manual Order Picking Systems with Congestion Consideration

Throughput in manual order picking systems with narrow aisles suffers from congestion as pickers cannot pass each other. Only few models incorporate congestion but they have very strict assumptions. In this work, queueing theory is used to analyze systems with traversal routing as well as different...

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Main Author: Huber, Christian (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2011
Series:Wissenschaftliche Berichte des Institutes für Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie
Subjects:
Technology: general issues
Order Picking
Blocking
Queueing Theory
Congestion
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Summary:Throughput in manual order picking systems with narrow aisles suffers from congestion as pickers cannot pass each other. Only few models incorporate congestion but they have very strict assumptions. In this work, queueing theory is used to analyze systems with traversal routing as well as different storage policies. The models are able to estimate throughput for many alternative designs in a relatively short amount of time. New guidelines for narrow-­aisle order picking systems are introduced.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (XI, 245 p. p.)
ISBN:KSP/1000024813
9783866447592
Access:Open Access

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