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Design and Performance Models for End-of-Aisle Order Picking Systems

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  • Yavuz A. Bozer

    (Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109)

  • John A. White

    (School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332)

Abstract

The design of end-of-aisle order picking systems is addressed by focusing on a miniload automated storage/retrieval system. Performance models are developed for the miniload and a design algorithm is presented. The design algorithm has as its objective the minimization of the number of storage aisles subject to two types of capacity constraints: throughput and storage space. Although the system with two pick positions can be modeled directly as a closed queueing network with two servers and two customers, its special structure led to an alternative approach in developing the performance model. For two and more pick positions, the results obtained are compared with those obtainable using simulation and a diffusion approximation.

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  • Yavuz A. Bozer & John A. White, 1990. "Design and Performance Models for End-of-Aisle Order Picking Systems," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(7), pages 852-866, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:36:y:1990:i:7:p:852-866
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.36.7.852
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