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AGV or Lift-AGV? Performance trade-offs and design insights for container terminals with robotized transport vehicle technology
(IISE Transactions, 2020-08-13)
New container terminals are embracing robotized transport vehicles such as lift-automated guided vehicles (LAGVs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to enhance the terminal throughput capacity. Although LAGVs have a high ...
A new solution approach for multi-stage semi-open queuing networks: an application in shuttle-based compact storage systems
(Computers & Operations Research, 2020-08-20)
Multi-stage semi-open queuing networks (SOQNs) are widely used to analyze the performance of multi-stage manufacturing systems and automated warehousing systems. While there are several methods available for solving ...
Stochastic modeling of multiline orders in integrated storage-order picking system
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-02-19)
Due to demanding service levels in e-commerce order fulfillment, modeling and analysis of integrated storage and order picking processes in warehouses deserve special attention. The upstream storage system can have a ...
Batching Decisions for E-Commerce Order Fulfilment: Technology, Models, and Data Insights
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-09-01)
Due to today’s customer expectations of fast delivery of a wide-range of products, companies are under pressure to reduce the order fulfilment time, i.e., the time from receiving an order to the time it takes to get an ...
Modeling and design of container terminal operations
(Informs, 2020-04-23)
The design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect operational performance. These factors include numerous choices for handling technology, terminal topology, and design parameters and ...