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Design, simulation and performance of a highly-dynamic, hybrid pallet storage and retrieval system

  • a Giulia Siciliano , 
  • b Thomas Lienert , 
  • c Johannes Fottner 
  • a,b,c Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, Garching bei München 85748, Germany
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Siciliano G., Lienert T., Fottner J. (2020). Design, simulation and performance of a highly-dynamic, hybrid pallet storage and retrieval system. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation (MAS 2020), pp. 68-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2020.mas.009

Abstract

In this contribution, we consider a new, highly-dynamic hybrid pallet storage and retrieval system comprising a stacker-crane-based automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) and an autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval system (AVS/RS). Firstly, we present the design and advantages of the considered system. We then propose control strategies for the connection and coordination of its components. Subsequently, we introduce how to model the whole system in a discrete event simulation. In conclusion, we demonstrate the great advantages in terms of throughput and capability to respond to short-term fluctuations in demand created by the use of intermediate buffering in the shuttle base of the new compact warehouse.

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