Performance Characteristics of Robotic Mobile Fulfilment Systems in Order Picking Applications
Paper in proceeding, 2018
This paper addresses the application of automation in warehouse order picking. Specifically, the paper deals with Robotic Mobile Fulfilment Systems (RMFSs). Existing literature has indicated that RMFSs can bring benefits in several performance areas, but research that deals with these benefits in detail is scarce. The purpose of the paper is to identify the performance characteristics of RMFSs and the relations between these performance characteristics and the design of the RMFSs as well as the context in which they are applied. The paper includes a review of existing literature on RMFSs and presents a case study from an application of an RMFS in the order picking of consumer goods in an e-commerce setting.
automated material handling
warehousing
Robotic Mobile Fulfilment Systems
Order picking
Author
Robin Hanson
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Lars Medbo
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Mats Johansson
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
IFAC-PapersOnLine
24058971 (ISSN) 24058963 (eISSN)
Vol. 51 11 1493-1498
16th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing INCOM 2018
Bergamo, Italy,
Bergamo, Italy,
Areas of Advance
Transport
Production
Subject Categories
Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified
Information Systemes, Social aspects
Computer Systems
DOI
10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.290