A simulation study for the sustainability and reduction of waste in warehouse logistics
Authors:
- A. Burinskiene,
- A. Lorenc,
- T. Lerher
Abstract
In this study, the authors have investigated warehouse processes to identify critical ones that are wasteful. The aim of this research study was to improve the efficiency of warehouse processes by reducing travel time and cost in replenishment and order picking. To achieve this objective, the authors have proposed a mathematical model and discrete event simulation study. For the simulation model, the Dijkstra algorithm has been selected to schedule forklifts driving and picking vehicles routes in internal transport. According to the extensive simulation analysis approximately 67 % of waste could be reduced in warehouses. Of course, this number depends significantly on a warehouse layout, operations and material handling equipment used in warehouses.
- Record ID
- CUT3b39b9d8b5a9408eb847331ee8049d3e
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- International Journal of Simulation Modelling, ISSN 1726-4529, e-ISSN 1996-8566
- Issue year
- 2018
- Vol
- 17
- No
- 3
- Pages
- 485-497
- Other elements of collation
- rys.; tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 496-497; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 25; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 17, No. 3
- Keywords in English
- logistics, warehousing, discrete event simulation, sustainability, performance analysis
- DOI
- DOI:10.2507/IJSIMM17(3)446 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- http://www.ijsimm.com/view_articles.html Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 35
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT3b39b9d8b5a9408eb847331ee8049d3e/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT3b39b9d8b5a9408eb847331ee8049d3e
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