Performance comparison of two material handling systems: AVS/RS and CBAS/RS

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4061-4074

  Ekren, Banu Y ^a   Heragu, Sunderesh S ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

AS RS; AVS RS; performance analysis; simulation; unit load storage and retrieval

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; AVERAGE NUMBERS; AVERAGE WAITING-TIME; AVS/RS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; FLOW-TIME; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; SIMULATION; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; SYSTEM COSTS; TRANSACTION RATES; TWO-MATERIALS; WAREHOUSE DESIGN;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COSTS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; WAREHOUSES;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 84864833300     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.588627     Document Type: Article

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