Performance of miniload systems with two-class storage

Performance of miniload systems with two-class storage

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Article ID: iaor200794
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 170
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 144
End Page Number: 155
Publication Date: Apr 2006
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: , ,
Keywords: programming: probabilistic, storage
Abstract:

To increase throughput, the higher turnover items are often stored near the input/output point of a miniload system. We analyze the performance of such a miniload with a square-in-time rack containing two storage zones: high turnover and low turnover. First, we derive the distribution of the dual command travel time. System performance measures such as the throughput depend upon the distribution of the dual command travel time and the distribution of pick times. We work out the details and obtain closed-form expressions for throughput for two important families of pick time distributions: deterministic and exponential. Finally, we investigate how the size of the high turnover region affects throughput.

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