Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (대한산업공학회지)
- Volume 27 Issue 4
- /
- Pages.384-393
- /
- 2001
- /
- 1225-0988(pISSN)
- /
- 2234-6457(eISSN)
An Optimal Design of Double Carousel System Under Two Class Based Assignment Policy
등급별 저장방식하에서의 이중 캐로절시스템의 최적구성
- Kim, Chae-Soo (School of Business and Economics, Halla University) ;
- Hwang, Hark (Department of Industrial Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
- Received : 20010100
- Accepted : 20010600
- Published : 2001.12.31
Abstract
The performance of a double carousel system depends on its design and operation strategy. The two-class based assignment policy is expected to be an appropriate storage policy for its efficient operation, since it has two independently-moved carousels, lower and upper sub-carousels. This paper conducts a comparative analysis of the effects of the two-class based assignment policy and those of randomized assignment policy on the throughput of a double carousel system. We also show that, by allowing the sub-carousels not to be equal in size, a further improvement in the throughput can be obtained.