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

Meir J. Rosenblatt and Amit Eynan
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Meir J. Rosenblatt: Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Amit Eynan: John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Management Science, 1989, vol. 35, issue 12, 1519-1524

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: automated storage/retrieval system; optimal boundaries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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