Simulation of the IKEA Distribution Centre in Peterborough, UK
(2003)Packaging Logistics
- Abstract
- Problem IKEA want to avoid building a DC with insufficient capacity, and with
imbalances in the material flow, therefore they want to run simulations of the
system to see if the material flow is of satisfaction. The focus of this report is
aimed towards capacity simulations of the Silo, the automated high storage
area.
Purpose Run different scenarios of the Silo with different conditions in order to
evaluate where bottleneck can upraise and aim for optimal solutions with
retained efficiency in the material flow.
Method The report is built on both quantitative and qualitative studies. Information
gathering has been done from interviews and CAD-drawings in combination
with secondary sources. Information from secondary sources was... (More) - Problem IKEA want to avoid building a DC with insufficient capacity, and with
imbalances in the material flow, therefore they want to run simulations of the
system to see if the material flow is of satisfaction. The focus of this report is
aimed towards capacity simulations of the Silo, the automated high storage
area.
Purpose Run different scenarios of the Silo with different conditions in order to
evaluate where bottleneck can upraise and aim for optimal solutions with
retained efficiency in the material flow.
Method The report is built on both quantitative and qualitative studies. Information
gathering has been done from interviews and CAD-drawings in combination
with secondary sources. Information from secondary sources was gathered
from literature as books, brochures and articles in addition to the Internet.
Objective Run capacity simulations of the Silo and look for bottlenecks in the material
flow.
Conclusion The analysis made of the number of cranes states that four cranes are
insufficient and five to seven cranes manage the demanded throughput. We
believe the best solution is to use six cranes. Five cranes manage the flow but
taken maintenance and breakdowns into consideration six cranes are to prefer.
Seven cranes do not increase the throughput according to the analysis and
therefore we find seven cranes unnecessary. Hence six cranes are the best
solution.
The analysing of the storage mode and the number of zones in the Silo shows
differences in the throughput. Though for both cases there cannot be any
statistically secured results, using the confidence level of 95%. When
considering the variation of the number of zones we consider the zoning could
be done in a different way. Because of the fact that there are not SRM's in
every aisle the cranes have to change aisles. Using the zoning from the front
to the back the cranes have to move a long distance when changing aisle for
the fast-moving articles in the front of the Silo. Instead we believe the zoning
should be done from the left to the right (or the way around) and the cranes in
the fast-moving zones should have a crane in every aisle. The other zones
could share the other cranes. (Less)
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- author
- Jovalli, William and Nalepski, Gregor
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2003
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Capacity simulations, bottlenecks, efficiency, AutoMod, effectiveness., Technological sciences, Teknik
- language
- English
- id
- 1318792
- date added to LUP
- 2008-06-03 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2010-02-01 14:40:04
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abstract = {{Problem IKEA want to avoid building a DC with insufficient capacity, and with
imbalances in the material flow, therefore they want to run simulations of the
system to see if the material flow is of satisfaction. The focus of this report is
aimed towards capacity simulations of the Silo, the automated high storage
area.
Purpose Run different scenarios of the Silo with different conditions in order to
evaluate where bottleneck can upraise and aim for optimal solutions with
retained efficiency in the material flow.
Method The report is built on both quantitative and qualitative studies. Information
gathering has been done from interviews and CAD-drawings in combination
with secondary sources. Information from secondary sources was gathered
from literature as books, brochures and articles in addition to the Internet.
Objective Run capacity simulations of the Silo and look for bottlenecks in the material
flow.
Conclusion The analysis made of the number of cranes states that four cranes are
insufficient and five to seven cranes manage the demanded throughput. We
believe the best solution is to use six cranes. Five cranes manage the flow but
taken maintenance and breakdowns into consideration six cranes are to prefer.
Seven cranes do not increase the throughput according to the analysis and
therefore we find seven cranes unnecessary. Hence six cranes are the best
solution.
The analysing of the storage mode and the number of zones in the Silo shows
differences in the throughput. Though for both cases there cannot be any
statistically secured results, using the confidence level of 95%. When
considering the variation of the number of zones we consider the zoning could
be done in a different way. Because of the fact that there are not SRM's in
every aisle the cranes have to change aisles. Using the zoning from the front
to the back the cranes have to move a long distance when changing aisle for
the fast-moving articles in the front of the Silo. Instead we believe the zoning
should be done from the left to the right (or the way around) and the cranes in
the fast-moving zones should have a crane in every aisle. The other zones
could share the other cranes.}},
author = {{Jovalli, William and Nalepski, Gregor}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Simulation of the IKEA Distribution Centre in Peterborough, UK}},
year = {{2003}},
}