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The order Picking Time of the S/R Vehicle in a Batch Picking Warehouse System

배치 인출 창고시스템에서 저장/인출 차량의 주문 인출 소요시간

  • Chang, Suk-Hwa (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, University of Incheon)
  • 장석화 (인천대학교 산업경영공학과)
  • Received : 2011.03.09
  • Accepted : 2011.10.14
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

This paper addresses the analysis of the travel distance and order picking time of the vehicle in a aisle when items are picked by the batch in a warehouse system. Batching is to combine several orders in a single tour of the storage/retrieval machine. An advantage of batching is that the length of a tour for a batch of orders is shorter than the sum of the individual orders' tour lengths. The average travel distance and order picking time when a batch is picked in a aisle of the warehouse systems are analyzed for the batch size. And when the vehicle is idle, the dwell point of the vehicle to minimize to the response distance is analyzed. As the batch size is increased, average order picking time per item is decreased. The problem is analyzed and a numerical example is showed to explain the problem.

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