Note—Deriving the Optimal Boundaries for Class-Based Automatic Storage/Retrieval Systems

The optimal boundaries for class-based AS/RS systems are determined. A solution procedure is developed which requires only a one-dimensional search procedure. It is shown that most of the potential improvement in the expected one-way travel time can be obtained when the warehouse is divided into a relatively small number of regions. Thus, there is no need to use the full-turnover approach, which is difficult to implement.

• 저널Management Science · 35(12) · 1519–1524
• 토픽Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization · Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• DOI10.1287/mnsc.35.12.1519
• 저자Meir J. Rosenblatt, Amit Eynan