Facility Logistics - Approaches and Solutions to Next Generation Challenges

Informationen zum Autor Maher Lahmar Klappentext Explores developments in the technology! industrial practices! and business environments of facility logistics. This volume discusses the main trends impacting facility logistics operations! and examines the basic functionalities and capabilities of warehouse management systems. Zusammenfassung Explores developments in the technology, industrial practices, and business environments of facility logistics. This volume discusses the main trends impacting facility logistics operations, and examines the basic functionalities and capabilities of warehouse management systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Facility Logistics: Forces of Change. Warehouse Management Systems and Product Flow: Reconciling the Two. Warehouse Assessment in a Single Tour. Simultaneous Facility Layout and Materials-Handling System Design. Impact of Cross Aisles in a Rectangular Warehouse: A Computational Study. Stochastic Models for the Facilities Logistics. Staging Protocols for Unit-Load Crossdocking. Performance Analysis of Unit-Load Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems. Carousel Storage Systems. Algebraic Deadlock Avoidance Policies for Sequential Resource Allocation Systems. Teaching Warehousing Concepts through Interactive Animations and 3-D Models. Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maher (University of Houston University of Lahmar
• Con la collaborazione di: Maher Lahmar (Editore), Lahmar Maher (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.12.2007
• EAN: 9780849385186
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-8518-6
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Engineering and Management Innovation
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Purchasing & Buying, Business & management, environmental science, engineering & technology, Engineering: general, Environmental science, engineering and technology