Department - Author 1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Industrial Engineering
Date
6-2011
Primary Advisor
Karen R. Bangs
Abstract/Summary
Professor Tali Freed, advisor of POLY GAIT, needs a warehouse built to accommodate the testing of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology with Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS). This report explores a 5-step warehouse designing technique. The five steps are as follows: Overall Structure, Sizing and Dimensioning, Operation Strategy Selection, Equipment Selection, and Department Layout. Each of these is analyzed in turn to cover everything necessary in designing a warehouse. Furthermore, a cost analysis was conducted in order to give Professor Freed a better understanding on the cost required to build this warehouse. A smaller 25’x22’ foot is optimal because it would meet all the requirements set by Professor Freed and would cost the least (about $45,000). Lastly a basic simulation model was be created in order to provide POLY GAIT with a tool to input their data once it is collected to test the AS/R system without the cost of actually using it.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/imesp/90
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SP_Abstract_Spear_Colby_June_8_2011.docx (10 kB)
Abstract