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Material Handling Automation in Production and Warehouse Systems

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This chapter presents material handling automation for production and warehouse management systems that process: receipt of parts from vendors, handling of parts in production lines, and storing and shipping in warehouses or distribution centers. With recent advancements in information interface technology, innovative system design technology, and intelligent system control technology, more sophisticated systems are being adopted to enhance the productivity of material handling systems. Information interface technology utilizing wireless devices such as radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags and mobile personal computers significantly simplifies information tracking, and provides more accurate data, which enables the development of more reliable systems for material handling automation. Highly flexible and efficient automated material handling systems have been newly designed for various applications in many industries. Recently these systems have been connected into large-scale integrated automated material handling systems (IAMHS) that create synergy with material handling automation by proving speedy and robust infrastructures. As a benefit of high-level material handling automation, the modern supply chain management (SCM) successfully synchronizes sales, procurement, and production in enterprises.

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Abbreviations

AGV:

autonomous guided vehicle

AI:

artificial intelligence

AMHS:

automated material-handling system

APS:

advanced planning and scheduling

AS:

ancillary service

BSS:

basic service set

CP:

constraint programming

CP:

coordination protocol

EDI:

electronic data interchange

ERP:

enterprise resource planning

ESS:

extended service set

FMS:

field message specification

FMS:

flexible manufacturing system

FMS:

flight management system

I/O:

input/output

IAMHS:

integrated automated material handling system

ID:

identification

ID:

instructional design

IIT:

information interface technology

IP:

inaction–penalty

IP:

industrial protocol

IP:

integer programming

IP:

intellectual property

IP:

internet protocol

LAN:

local-area network

LISP:

list processing

LP:

linear programming

MES:

manufacturing execution system

MH:

material handling

MHA:

material handling automation

MHEM:

material handling equipment machine

MHIA:

Material Handling Industry of America

MIP:

mixed integer programming

MMS:

man–machine system

MMS:

material management system

NIC:

network interface card

OHT:

overhead hoist transporter

OHT:

overhead transport

OR:

operating room

OR:

operation research

PC:

personal computer

PLC:

programmable logic controller

Prolog:

programming in logics

RF:

radiofrequency

RFID:

radiofrequency identification

RGV:

rail-guided vehicle

ROI:

return on investment

RS:

robust stability

SCADA:

supervisory control and data acquisition

SCM:

supply chain management

SDS:

sequential dynamic system

SFC:

sequential function chart

SFC:

space-filling curve

SMT:

surface-mounting technology

UI:

user interface

VRP:

vehicle routing problem

VSP:

vehicle scheduling problem

WIP:

work-in-progress

WMS:

warehouse management system

fab:

fabrication plant

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    Jose M.A. Tanchoco PhD

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