Heuristic comparative assessment of non-conventional warehouse designs

• Autorzy: Esmero Antonio T. , Branzuela Queenie Rose S. , Paypa Jessilyn T. , Rojo Sharmaine Myka S. , Sacay Jr. Eduardo S. , Selerio Jr. Egberto F. , Ocampo Lanndon

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DOI

10.2478/emj-2021-0007

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the unit-load warehouse (UW) design, the aisle design problem dealing with storage space layout is the first among the three main problems. Several conventional and non-conventional designs have been proposed in the literature. In general, the assessment of UW designs is commonly carried out using analytical approaches. However, such an approach may be inadequate due to assumptions or approximations, making results unrealistic. Aiming to bridge this gap, this research develops an assessment framework that employs the FlexSim software for simulating the conventional, Flying-V and Fishbone designs based on a real case from a Philippine manufacturing company. Using a computer simulation, this research investigates factors not yet tractable with present analytical methods. The factors employed for the comparative assessment are “picking run-time”, “travel distance”, and “capacity”. The results suggest that the Fishbone design provides the most advantage compared to the Flying-V and other conventional designs. With the proposed Fishbone design, the company is expected to save, on average, 52.39% of picking run-time, 32.25% travel distance, and increase storage capacity by 7.5%. The research findings are compared to previous studies based on analytical approaches.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

warehouse design; aisle design; production layout; Flying-V design; Fishbone design

PL

projekt magazynu; projekt korytarza; układ produkcji; konstrukcja Flying-V; konstrukcja Fishbone

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Białostockiej
• Czasopismo: Engineering Management in Production and Services
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 13, no. 1
• Strony: 89--103
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 31 poz., tab.,rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Esmero Antonio T.

• University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4702-4512

autor

Branzuela Queenie Rose S.

• Sharmaine Myka S.

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8540-7093

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Paypa Jessilyn T.

• University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7988-8529

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Rojo Sharmaine Myka S.

• University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3427-2445

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Sacay Jr. Eduardo S.

• University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6415-7846

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Selerio Jr. Egberto F.

• Cebu Technological University, Philippines

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7326-3819

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Ocampo Lanndon

• Cebu Technological University, Philippines

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-7606

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).