Simulation on Efficency of Mobile Rack in Medicine Warehouse

Qing Song Li; Heng Pan; Tao Liang; Wei Yang

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.433-440.3017

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Simulation on Efficency of Mobile Rack in Medicine Warehouse

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Mobile racks are used broadly in warehouse, especially in those with low items and large stock-keeping unit (SKU). However, contraction between storage capacity and rack efficiency may restrict the usage of mobile racks. Such an example in medicine industry was offered in this paper. Using Witness simulation Software, a model has been developed for medicine warehouse with mobile rack system. Simulations have been executed to analyze rack efficiency in five different scenarios. All scenarios embodied more or less low efficiency and long line in front of buffers. Results indicated that efficiency relies on policies of order-picking and space allocation. It can also be concluded that the minority items of small quantities and low frequency may decide the performance of the whole system.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 433-440)

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Qing Song Li, Heng Pan, Tao Liang, Wei Yang

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Efficiency, Mobile Rack, Simulation, Witness

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