Fast deployable autonomous systems for order picking : how small and medium size enterprises can benefit from the automation of the picking process
- The paper focuses on a recently introduced paradigm for the logistic process of picking, with respect to the man-to-goods and goods-to-man concept: the robot to-goods. First the task and system architecture of the fast deployable autonomous commissioning system are described, then the economic efficiency of the system is analysed in a real business case scenario using a simplified method, which is explained and discussed. The clearly positive net present value of the investment and the short payback period obtained in the business case prove how the robot-to-goods paradigm for the commissioning process, implemented through the automation of the forklift platform, is economically attractive for small and medium size enterprises.
| Author of HS Reutlingen | Bonini, Marco; Urru, Augusto; Echelmeyer, Wolfgang |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-10864 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5220/0005997804790484 |
| ISBN: | 978-989-758-198-4 |
| Erschienen in: | ICINCO 2016 : Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, July 29 - 31, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal. - Vol. 2 |
| Publisher: | SciTePress |
| Place of publication: | Setúbal, Portugal |
| Editor: | Oleg Gusikhin |
| Document Type: | Conference proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2016 |
| Tag: | automation; economic efficiency; logistics; picking; robot-to-goods |
| Page Number: | 6 |
| First Page: | 479 |
| Last Page: | 484 |
| DDC classes: | 380 Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr |
| Open access?: | Ja |
| Licence (German): |  Open Access |
