Banu Yetkin Ekren
Associate Professor
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Anil Akpunar
Research Assistant
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Zaki Sari
Full Professor
University of Tlemcen Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of Tlemcen (MELT), Algeria
Tone Lerher
Full Professor
Professor University of Maribor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Maribor, Slovenia
Associate Professor
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Anil Akpunar
Research Assistant
Yasar University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Zaki Sari
Full Professor
University of Tlemcen Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of Tlemcen (MELT), Algeria
Tone Lerher
Full Professor
Professor University of Maribor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Maribor, Slovenia
A Queuing Network Approach for Performance Estimation of Shuttle Based Storage and Retrieval System Design
Shuttle-based storage and retrieval system (SBS/RS) is relatively a new automated storage and retrieval technology developed as an alternative to the mini-load crane-based automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). It is important to have analytical models calculating critical performance measures promptly facilitating selection of the right warehouse design meeting the requirements of the company. The aim of this study is to present an open queuing network (OQN) model that can estimate the critical performance measures of a pre-defined SBS/RS design. The estiamated performance measures are considered to be the mean waiting time of a transaction and the mean number of transactions waiting in the server of queues as well as the mean utilization of the servers. By the provided model, one would be able to evaluate an SBS/RS’ design promptly, by changing those design criteria.
