在零售供应中自动化配送中心的决策框架
Vivek Kumar Dubey1,2, Dharmaraj Veeramani1
1Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Heliyon
|May 29, 2024
概括
投资于自动化仓库技术需要一个全面的决策和风险管理框架. 本研究提供了一种综合模型,用于在多个层面上分析自动化配送中心 (DC),确保运营和财务可行性.
科学领域:
- 运营研究 运营研究
- 供应链管理 供应链管理
- 工业工程 工业工程 工业工程
背景情况:
- 仓库/配送中心 (DC) 自动化为零售全方位/多道 (OC/MC) 运营提供了显著的好处,包括降低成本和提高客户响应能力.
- 高昂的投资成本需要进行彻底的运营和财务评估,考虑到自动化直流系统所带来的网络影响和风险.
- 现有的研究缺乏全面的决策框架和集成的子框架,用于在OC/MC价值链中管理自动化DC.
研究的目的:
- 解决零售业自动化分销中心决策框架的差距.
- 为评估直流自动化投资提供一个通用,综合的三部分框架和相应的子框架.
- 在DC,网络,经济和合同层面开发用于快速大小和分析的分析工具.
主要方法:
- 开发离散事件,经济和数学编程模型.
- 为DC,网络,经济和合同层面创建快速缩放/分析工具.
- 通过采访,现场观察和二次数据分析收集经验数据.
主要成果:
- 一个通用和综合的框架,用于决策和保护自动化DCs.
- 洞察战略性权衡,包括自动化程度,劳动力与资本投资,响应与效率.
- 一个说明性的现实应用/案例研究,证明框架的实用性.
结论:
- 拟议的框架为自动化DC的投资决策提供了一个全面的方法.
- 该研究强调了考虑整个网络的影响和保护昂贵的自动化资产战略的重要性.
- 这项研究为零售商在OC/MC环境中实施仓库自动化提供了战略决策的信息.
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