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Special Chapters in Engineering Logistics

Teaching: Partially in English - lessons & excercies held in Croatian, materials & exam in English
ECTS: 5
Level: UnderGraduate
Semester: Winter
Prerequisites:
Passed course Technical Logistics (18564) or similar.
Load:
Lectures Exercises Laboratory exercises Project laboratory Physical education excercises Field exercises Seminar Design exercises Practicum
30 6 0 0 0 10 0 0
Course objectives:
Presentation of concepts in automated storage and retrieval systems design, order picking system design and sortation system design. Providing guidelines for analysis and improvement of existing systems as well as design of new systems. Introducing students with computerized warehouse management systems (WMS) and application of modern identification and communication technologies in warehouses.
Student responsibilities:
Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:
Created, presented and defended seminar 30%. Written exam 70%.
Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences:
Active participation in class. Control of understanding the subject matter through consultations when drafting the seminar.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):
Upon passing the course, student will be able to: Identify versions of systems and equipment of automated storage and retrieval systems. Identify versions of systems and equipment of order-picking systems. Identify versions of systems and equipment of automated sortation systems. Evaluate auto identification and communication technologies in order-picking systems. Apply acquired knowledge of AS/RS design models. Apply acquired knowledge of order-picking models and methods. Identify cons of existing systems and propose modifications for improvements.
Lectures
1. Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) - basic types, history, state-of-the art and trends.
2. Unit-load AS/RS - basic components and concepts. Design of unit-load AS/RS, models for S/R machine cycle times (single command and dual command).
3. Mini-load AS/RS - concepts and basic components. Design models.
4. Person-on-board AS/RS - concepts and basic components. Design models.
5. AS/RS control policies.
6. Multi-shuttle AS/RS. Innovative concepts of AS/RS (multi-deep, shuttle-based,...).
7. Automated horizontal and vertical carousels and vertical lift modules (VLM). Design models.
8. Order picking systems -types, characteristics and overview of technical solutions (picker-to-part and part-to-picker systems; pallet, case and item systems).
9. Routing methods in manual order-picking systems.
10. Storage methods (random storage, dedicated storage, class-based storage) and influence on order-picking cycle times.
11. Order picking methods (batch picking, zone picking, wave picking).
12. Order picking area layout design.
13. Warehouse management systems (WMS). Identification and communication systems for OP (pick to light, RF handheld, voice picking).
14. Manual and automated sortation. Types of sorters.
15. Application of AGVs and mobile robots in warehouses.
Exercises
1. AS/RSs - examples from practice.
2. Unit-load AS/RS models - numerical problems.
3. ExASRS v2.0 tool (lab exercises).
4. Mini-load AS/RS models - numerical problems.
5. Person-on-board AS/RS models - numerical problems.
6. Carousels and VLMs - numerical problems.
7. CarVLM 2 v4.00 tool (lab exercises).
8. OP systems - examples from practice.
9. Analisys of routing methods" performances using Interactive Warehouse web tool(lab exercises).
10. OP systems - numerical problems.
11. Work on seminars with consultations.
12. Work on seminars with consultations.
13. Work on seminars with consultations.
14. Presentation of seminars.
15. Presentations of seminars.
Compulsory literature:
Tompkins et al: Facilities Design,2nd ed., PWS Publishing, Boston,1997

J. Bartholdi and S. Hackman, Warehouse & Distribution Science, www.warehouse-science.com

K.J. Roodbergen, Layout and Routing Methods for Warehouses, ERIM, 2001
Recommended literature:
Selected papers from journals.

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