Introduction p. 1 Requirements p. 2 Warehousing p. 2 Characteristics of warehouse systems p. 4 Optimization of warehouse systems p.

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1 Introduction p. 1 Requirements p. 2 Warehousing p. 2 Characteristics of warehouse systems p. 4 Optimization of warehouse systems p. 5 Warehouse Management p. 6 System interfaces and definitions p. 7 Structure and goal of this book p. 11 Management of Warehouse Systems p. 13 Logistic frameworks p. 13 Logistic principles p. 13 Packaging and logistic units p. 16 Functions in warehouse systems p. 20 Goods acceptance and receipt p. 20 Storage p. 25 Retrieval / picking p. 28 Consolidation point p. 30 Order-picking p. 30 Packaging department p. 44 Shipping department p. 45 Warehouse management system p. 46 Warehouse management p. 46 Reorganization p. 50 Conveyor management and control systems p. 50 Data collection, processing and visualization p. 51 Stocktaking p. 53 Basic data and key performance indicators of warehouse systems p. 56 Basic data p. 56 Logistic key performance indicators p. 57 Special procedures and methods p. 59 Cross docking p. 59 Outsourcing of the physical distribution and warehousing processes p. 61 Application Service Providing p. 62 Fundamentals of an Operational Optimization p. 63 Optimization in short p. 63 Background p. 63 Classification of the operational optimization p. 65 Terms and elements of dispatching p. 67 Optimization processes in a warehouse p. 68 Transport optimization p. 68 Sequencing of picking orders p. 76

2 Routing in the warehouse p. 78 Comprehensive order dispatching p. 79 Optimization of solutions p. 81 General aspects p. 81 Overview over the optimization procedures p. 82 Examples of known methods p. 84 Warehousing and Conveying Principles p. 91 Warehouse systems p. 91 Ground store p. 92 Statical racking systems p. 94 Dynamical racking system p. 102 Pre-rack zone p. 105 Transport systems p. 106 Conveyors p. 107 Transporters p. 110 Sorting and distribution systems p. 126 Applications p. 126 The basic structure of sorting systems p. 128 Distribution technology p. 132 Control and strategies p. 135 Robots in warehouse systems p. 136 Palletizing robots p. 136 Order-picking robots p. 136 Automation of the Material Flow p. 137 Basics of automation p. 137 History of the material flow automation p. 138 Terms and definitions p. 139 The structure of control systems p. 140 Control engineering p. 144 Classification of controls p. 144 Programmable logic controllers p. 147 Computer control p. 152 Sensors p. 153 Sensor classifications p. 153 Mechanically operated sensors p. 154 Optical sensors p. 154 Magnetic and inductive sensors p. 158 Ultrasonic sensors p. 159 Actuators p. 160 The tasks and structures of actuator systems p. 160 Electrical drives p. 162

3 Fluid drives p. 168 Interfaces in automation systems p. 169 Analogous and binary data transmission p. 170 Digital data transmission p. 171 Field bus systems p. 173 Automatic Identification p. 179 Codes and characters p. 179 Encoding p. 180 Encoding examples p. 180 ID-Codes p. 181 Code 2/5 p. 182 Check digit calculation Code 2/5 p. 185 Code 2/5 interleaved p. 186 Code 128 p. 188 Check digit calculation code 128 p. 191 The character sets of the code 128 p. 192 Mixed character sets in code 128 and their optimization p. 194 Code sizes, tolerances and reading distances p. 195 Printing method and quality p. 197 Labelling techniques p. 197 Quality requirements p. 198 Selection of the printing technique p. 198 Semantics in the code: EAN 128 p. 200 Global location numbering (GLN) p. 201 International article number (EAN) p. 203 Serial shipping container code (SSCC) p. 203 Characteristics of the code EAN 128 p. 204 Scanner technology, devices, interfaces p. 208 Barcode scanner p. 208 Handheld scanners p. 208 Stationary scanners p D-Codes p. 210 Stacked barcodes p. 211 Matrix codes p. 212 Radio frequency identification p. 214 Functioning and technical structure p. 214 Fields of application p. 219 Comparison with barcode systems p. 220 Information and Communication Technology p. 221 Communication technology p. 221 Layered architectures p. 222

4 Protocols p. 222 Transmission media p. 225 Network types and internetworking p. 227 Network addresses p. 230 Examples p. 232 Data management p. 235 Principles p. 235 File systems p. 237 Databases p. 238 Availability of data p. 243 User interface p. 245 Terminals p. 246 Functional point of view p. 247 Access control p. 248 Internationalization p. 249 Help systems and help functions p. 249 Operating systems p. 250 Tasks p. 250 Principles p. 252 Programming languages p. 261 Compilers and interpreters p. 261 Language concepts p. 264 Language generations p. 264 Basic principles of object-oriented programming p. 266 Data abstraction p. 266 Classes and objects p. 268 Inheritance p. 269 Unified modelling language p. 271 Extensible markup language: XML p. 271 Key-value-coding p. 271 The syntax of XML p. 274 Parsers and processors p. 275 Variety with style sheets p. 276 Safety aspects p. 277 Secrecy p. 278 Integrity assurance p. 280 Authentication p. 280 Authentication and electronic signature p. 281 Realization of Warehouse Management Systems p. 283 Requirement definition p. 284 As-is analysis p. 285

5 Weak-point analysis p. 286 Development of a target concept p. 287 Preparation of the tender documents p. 287 Definition of the key performance indicators p. 288 Preparation of the technical specifications p. 289 Completion of the tender documents p. 292 The placement of an order p. 293 Preselection of providers p. 293 Comparison of offers p. 293 Offer presentation p. 293 Selection of a provider p. 296 Implementation p. 296 Preparation of the technical specifications p. 296 Realization p. 300 Project management / Quality assurance p. 301 Start-up p. 301 Test phase p. 301 Changeover from old to new WMS p. 302 Training p. 302 Acceptance p. 302 Performance test p. 303 Failure simulation and emergency strategies p. 303 Formal acceptance p. 304 Structure of a WMS from the Example of my WMS p. 307 Data model p. 307 Data container of the model p. 308 Data interrelations p. 310 Interfaces p. 313 Classical implementation of a WMS p. 313 Functional structure p. 313 Table structure p. 315 Securing the logical integrity p. 318 Generation and query of master data p. 318 MyWMS p. 320 The basic structure of mywms p. 320 Business objects p. 323 Kernel concept p. 324 Runtime environment p. 326 Example of a distribution system using mywms p. 327 Description of the example p. 327 Topology structure p. 333

6 Plug-In - Routing p. 335 Communication p. 336 Abbreviations p. 341 Bibliography p. 345 Index p. 351 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.