Energy consumption by distribution warehouses has become an essential component of green warehousing and research on reducing the carbon footprint of supply chains. Energy consumption in warehousing is a complex and multilayered problem, which is gen...
The recent trends in logistics outsourcing have led to the need to investigate the 3PL (third-party logistics) industry better. However, the attention has always been focused on operative performance, and the role of the warehouse has been skimmed ov...
Background: Warehouses play a vital role in logistics systems, not only for storing goods but also for providing value-added services. To improve warehouse productivity and reduce costs, it is essential to measure their performance and identify ineff...
A study of two warehouse inventory systems with a production unit is developed in this article with some constraints which are of practical applicability to optimize the total production cycle and its cost. A production unit evolves in three differen...
Automation and digitisation are the driving force of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Industrial revolutions led to the mass production of goods, which increased the need for modern warehouses. Every year, the operation of warehouses becomes increasing...
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The management of the COVID-19 pandemic presents several unprecedented challenges in different fields, from medicine to biology, from public health to social science, that may benefit from computing methods able to integrate the increasing available...
Sustainable engineering is very important for logistics systems. Nowadays, sustainable warehouse management is a key factor in market success. Workforce fluctuation and inverting the number of customers’ demands make a lot of problems in distribution...
The warehouse process, as one of many logistics processes, currently holds an irreplaceable position in logistics systems in companies and in the supply chain. The proper function of warehouse operations depends on, among other things, the type of th...
Background: Given several bottlenecks in Brazil in distribution logistics, mainly in transport and warehouse activities, some new forms of collective action have appeared. The Condominiums of Rural Warehouses was conceived of to overcome these bottle...
In recent years, the need for robotic fleets in large warehouse environments has constantly increased. The customers require faster services concerning the delivery of their products, making the use of systems such as robots and order-management soft...
The development of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and the digitization and automation of manufacturing processes have created a demand for designing smart warehouses to support manufacturing processes. Warehousing is one of the fundamental processes in the supp...
Optimizing warehouse operations is a strategic priority for ensuring the timely and efficient flow of materials in industrial environments. In contexts with limited digital infrastructure, organizations often face persistent challenges such as ineffi...
The general assignment problem is a classical NP-hard (non-deterministic polynomial-time) problem. In a warehouse, the constraints on the equipment and the characteristics of consecutive processes make it even more complicated. To overcome the diffic...
It has been widely demonstrated by many research works that the distribution of a factory can condition its productivity. Because of this, a factory in Santiago, Chile, asked the authors for advice to evaluate the current situation in the company and...
This study assessed farmers’ perceptions of the warehouse receipt system (WRS) in the West Java Province in Indonesia. Primary data were collected from 500 farmers through questionnaire administration. The results of the weighted average index reveal...
The performance of indoor localization methods is highly dependent on the situations in which they are used. Various competitions on indoor localization have been held for fairly comparing the existing indoor localization methods in shared and contro...
We present a complete, fully automatic solution based on genetic algorithms for the optimization of discrete product placement and of order picking routes in a warehouse. The solution takes as input the warehouse structure and the list of orders and...
In the era of industry 5.0, digital twins (DTs) play an increasingly pivotal role in contemporary society. Despite the literature’s lack of a consistent definition, DTs have been applied to numerous areas as virtual replicas of physical objects...
The sharing mode of the logistics industry can effectively solve the new problems arising from the rapid development of the express industry. However, only when the interests are reasonably distributed can the sharing mode be implemented for a long t...
Warehouses are used to store raw materials, finished goods, defective products, tools, machinery, and other company assets until needed. In addition, the warehouse is a staging area for the storage and packaging of products delivered to the customer...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proven to be a key solution for nearly automated or smart warehouse operations, enabling receiving, picking, storage, and shipping processes to be timely and more efficient. However, there is a relative scarcity o...
The research into new approaches to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources (RES) has surged as environmental issues are on the rise, and fossil fuel sources are becoming scarce. The flexibility potential of cold supply systems has been d...
In today’s competitive conditions, firms compete in every aspect. It is essential to meet the quality requirements in all processes and to meet customer needs quickly. It should be ensured that all processes in the enterprises, all the technolo...
Logistics is one of the sectors that is evolving in parallel with Industry 4.0, which refers to the integration of new technologies, information, and agents, with the common goal of improving the efficiency and responsiveness of a logistics managemen...
This paper discusses how the state-of-the-art techniques in cyber-physical systems facilitate building smart warehouses to achieve the promising vision of industry 4.0. We focus on four significant issues when applying CPS techniques in smart warehou...
The fourth industrial revolution focuses on the digitization and automation of supply chains resulting in a significant transformation of methods for goods production and delivery systems. To enable this, automated warehousing is demanding unpreceden...
The world has witnessed the digital transformation and Industry 4.0 technologies in the past decade. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of automation and digitalization in certain areas of the manufacturing industry; in particular, warehouse automat...
Background: Recent literature indicates that warehouse management costs account for a significant portion of overall logistics costs in companies. Warehousing requires the classification, controlling and management of inventory as well as processing...
Background: The present work is related to a project developed in a company dealing with the security and communication systems, fire alarms, and electronic displays sector, located in the district of Aveiro. This work aims to improve the logistics f...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has introduced “shared manufacturing” as a key concept that leverages digitalization, IoT, blockchain, and robotics to redefine the production and delivery of manufacturing services. This paper presents a...
This paper presents a research study which is dedicated to the improvement in retail warehouse activity. This study aims to improve activity by identifying an efficient order picking strategy. (1) Background: The literature review shows the applicati...
The use of robotic systems in logistics has increased the importance of precise positioning, especially in warehouses. The paper presents a system that uses virtual fiducial markers to accurately predict the position of a drone in a warehouse and cou...
Textile logistic warehouses are highly automated mechanized places where control points are needed to count and validate the number of garments in each batch. This paper proposes and describes a low cost and small size automated system designed to co...
With the development of Industry 4.0 and the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan, intelligent manufacturing has become a significant trend in the steel industry, which can propel the steel industry toward a more intelligent, efficient, and sust...
Order picking is referred as a critical process of selecting items requested by a customer in a warehouse. Meeting the demand of every customer is the main objective in this area. Large warehouses pose a challenge since the order-picking process is s...
With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, inventory information sharing between a manufacturer and its suppliers is becoming easier than ever. In line with this trend, we focus on the virtual warehouse where only inven...
We propose a multi-agent simulation environment for logistics warehouses. Simulation is a crucial part of designing industrial systems, such as logistics warehouses. A warehouse is a multi-agent system (MAS) that consists of various autonomous subsys...
Warehouse management is a discipline that has gained importance in recent decades. In the era of the Digital Revolution and Industry 5.0, to enable a company to attain a competitive advantage, it is necessary to identify smart improvement tools that...
The warehouse picking process is one of the most critical components of logistics operations. Human–robot collaboration (HRC) is seen as an important trend in warehouse picking, as it combines the strengths of both humans and robots in the pick...
The distributed material warehouse is the crucial link in the process of modern enterprise construction, and the goal of the enterprise is to save the cost of material distribution and reduce the time of distribution. In order to obtain the optimal o...
Warehouse 4.0 adopts automation, IoT, and big data technologies to establish an intelligent warehousing system for efficient, real-time management of storage, handling, and picking. Addressing challenges like unreasonable storage allocation and ineff...
The storage conditions of multi-floor grain warehouses change frequently during grain circulation. This paper investigates the effects of various storage conditions on the seismic performance of multi-floor grain warehouses. The numerical results ind...
Background: Industry 4.0 (I4.0) has gained significant attention in recent years, with the term Logistics 4.0 (L4.0) emerging in the logistics industry. However, L4.0 remains vague and lacks a unified definition or classification of related technolog...
The modern logistics industry is grappling with significant challenges brought about by rapid market transformations. These challenges encompass workforce shortages, the increasing complexity of diverse logistics systems, environmental concerns arisi...
The integration and application of a warehouse system and manufacturing system has become a manufacturing problem for enterprises. The main reason is that the information control system based on automation and stereo warehouse is inconsistent with th...
Background: With the continuing growth of warehouses globally, there is an increasing need for sustainable logistics solutions in warehousing, but research linking warehouse management systems (WMS) and sustainability is lacking. Methods: A systemati...
Warehouse accidents have become of wide concern to the public because they often cause heavy economic losses and heavy casualties. Therefore, it is critical to foster the safety and reliability of warehouse facilities to reduce accidents. However, in...
Smart warehouses are revolutionizing traditional logistics operations by incorporating advanced technologies such as Internet of Things, robotics, and artificial intelligence. In these complex and dynamic environments, control and operation instructi...
Recently, multi-agent systems have become widespread as essential technologies for various practical problems. An essential problem in multi-agent systems is collaborative automating picking and delivery operations in warehouses. The warehouse commis...
The industrial sector needs solutions and strategies that allow buildings to reduce their energy consumption and develop their daily business activities. This paper discusses the long-term monitoring measures of indoor thermal conditions in a warehou...
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