• Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.63-76
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• 2009

The rapid development of IT and Science & Technology has greatly influenced the aspect of future warfare. Accordingly, the Army Forces require efficient logistics support, hence the importance of AS/RS has steadily increased. This research validated mathematical propriety of the management problem of S/R machine in AS/RS with mathematical analysis based on its travel time and simulation analysis using Automod. After all, we could improve the performance of S/R machine based on its dwell point and turn-over distribution.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.1-11
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• 2009

This paper illustrates a case study of PLC logic simulation in a car manufacturing system. It was developed to simulate and verify PLC control program for automobile panel AS/RS. Because car models become varied, the complexity of supply problem is increasing in the car manufacturing system. To cope with this problem, companies use the AS (automated storage) and RS (retrieval system) but it has logical complexity. Industrial automated process uses PLC code to control the AS/RS, however control information and control codes (PLC code) are difficult to understand. This paper suggests a PLC simulation environment, using 3D models and PLC code with realistic data. Data used in this simulation is based on realistic 3D model and I/O model, using actual size and PLC signals, respectively. The environment is similar to a real factory; users can verify and test the PLC code using this simulation before the implementation of AS/RS. Proposed simulation environment can be used for test run of AS/RS to reduce implementation time and cost.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.123-131
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• 1999

최근에는 수요자 요구의 다양화, 전문인력의 부족, 고임금화, 열악한 작업장에서의 작업기피 현상 등의 영향으로 인해 생산 및 물류의 자동화가 활발히 추진되고 있다. 생산 및 물류시스템의 자동화가 진전됨에 따라 전체 시스템의 물류합리화에 중요한 역할을 담당하는 자동창고 시스템에 대한 설비관리 체계 구축이 필요하게 되었고, 그 일환으로 본 연구에서는 자동창고에 대한 예방보전 및 원인진단을 지원하는 자동창고의 예방보전 및 진단시스템을 개발하였다. 특히 자동창고의 이상을 진단하는데 과거의 트러블내용을 사례로 등록시키고, 전문가가 문제해결에 사용한 경험데이타, 즉 조사항목, 조사결과 및 대처내용을 진단용 사례기반 추론베이스로 구축하여 활용하는 사례기반추론(Case Based Reasoning)방법으로 접근시켰다. 또한 자동창고시스템의 예방보전, 사후보전, 이력관리 기능을 수행할 수 있는 운영소프트웨어를 개발하였다.

• The Journal of shipping and logistics
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.79-98
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• 2011

The volume of the world's container transportation has been increasing. To serve this transportation need, the size of the container carrier is getting larger. The global ports are required to deepen the waterways as well as to prepare infrastructure to serve these super-size container carriers. However, few ports around the world could meet the requirements. To solve these difficulties, the concept of the Mobile Harbor has been developed. An onboard Automatic Storage and Retrieval System(AS/RS) has been proposed for the B1 type Mobile Harbor to maximize the container throughput within the limited space of the Mobile Harbor. A scenario of operations and freight movements of the B1 type Mobile Harbor is prepared and the storage size of the B1 type Mobile Harbor through the computer simulation is estimated. The size of the Mobile Harbor and the size of the AS/RS has also been estimated. The optimized size of the Mobile Harbor could be proposed.

• The Journal of Korean Institute for Practical Engineering Education
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.80-85
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• 2012

The importance of warehouse is increasing since the role of warehouse in modern industry is changing from concept of storage to concept of circulation which facilitates purchasing, production, storage and distribution activities by induction of information system. In this study, a program is developed using C# for evaluating efficiency of automated storage and retrieval system(AS/RS). A simulation work is done for eight operating schemes under the combination of three conditions, which are storing method, the shape of automatic warehouse and the sequence of command performs, and the moving distance of stacker crane is calculated using the same gateway data. Using this program, the optimal operating scheme can be proposed based on the analyzed results of simulation. This progrm shows the effectiveness and applicability through the simulation work and can be utilized for courses which are related to factory facilities.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.244-246
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• 2003

We consider an AS/RS(Automated Storage/ Retrieval System) which performs single and dual commands. In this paper, we also assume that the service times of single and dual commands are differently distributed. We transform the arrival rates of storage and retrieval commands into those of single and dual commands. Using this, we propose a non-preemptive queueing model with priority for the performance analysis of a AS/RS, and obtain approximated means of queue lengths and sojourn times.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1991.10a
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• pp.826-831
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• 1991

Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS), which is an element of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), is a widely used material handling equipment with conveyors and Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs). Until now the evaluation of operational policies of AS/RS and control algorithms is done theoretically or by computer simulations. In this study, a real-time control and monitoring software of an AS/RS is also developed by making actually moving AS/RS miniature. A PC-based real-time monitoring program can control the AS/RS directly through the communication port. The monitoring program has additional functions such as storage/retrieval management, inventory management, and statistics management. The program can not only collect the necessary statistics but monitor the current action of the AS/RS concurrently.

• IE interfaces
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.45-52
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• 1995

Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS), which is an element of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), is a widely used material handling equipment with conveyors and Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs). Until now the evaluation of operational policies of AS/RS and control algorithms is done theoretically or by computer simulations. In this study, a real-time control and communication software for an AS/RS is developed for actually moving AS/RS miniature. A PC-based real-time operational program can control the AS/RS directly through the communication port. The operational system has additional functions such as storage/retrieval management, inventory management, statistics management, and protocol simulation. The communication protocol simulator of S/R machine can be used for the controller of an S/R machine.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.2349-2357
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• 2010

This work focuses on the implementation and optimization of the Automated Storage and Retrieval System(AS/RS) which is associated with Logistics Information System(LIS). We survey literature and present a case study for the optimization of Logistics System. In the case study, we examine the adaptation and implementation of AS/RS after we analyzed the processes of the company. Logistics Information System is an important component to keep up with the competitive advantage in the global business environments. The company in the case applies LIS to its efficient physical distribution management. AS/RS leads to some benefits; maximized storage space, increased productivity, reduced labor costs and human error, and improved accuracy. AS/RS is found especially effective when working with narrow aisles and extremely high racks.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.93-112
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• 2009

In this paper, a model is presented to estimate a cycle time for completing an operation in a new type of AS/RS which can handle very heavy loads by separating the mechnisms for vertical and horizontal movements. Considering loading/unloading time between devices, we generalize the previous work, Hu et al. [9], which neglected the transfer time. Through the numerical experiments for various situations, we find that the difference of the cycle times between two models is fairly large and conclude that the transfer time between devices cannot be neglected at all.