Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2020, 22(2):107-114 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2020.2.107-114

Application of Simulation Methods for Study on Availability of One-Aisle Machine Order Picking Process

Mariusz Kostrzewski1, Jozef Gnap2, Pavol Varjan3, Marek Likos4
1 Division of Construction Fundamentals of Transport Equipment, Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
2 Department of Road and Urban Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Slovakia
3 Office of the Presov Self-governing Region, Presov, Slovakia
4 Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

The main aim of the paper is the analysis of simulation model reflecting selected in-warehouse logistics processes in the aspect of their availability. For this purpose, one-aisle machine picking problem with use of a stochastic random simulation is studied, with a special focus on reliability of the system to disturbances and maintenance scheduling. The methodology in the research consists of classic measures of reliability. The model is designed in order to analyze availability of selected parameters of randomly generated order picking process. One of key-results of the paper is answer for question if a mean time to failure can be treated as a value of time when the first failure in the system occurs. A summary of the contribution includes discussion and the perspectives for further research in the subject matter.

Keywords: availability; MTTR; MTBF; MTTF; failure rate; failure frequency; warehouse

Received: August 14, 2019; Accepted: November 25, 2019; Published: April 1, 2020  Show citation

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Kostrzewski, M., Gnap, J., Varjan, P., & Likos, M. (2020). Application of Simulation Methods for Study on Availability of One-Aisle Machine Order Picking Process. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 22(2), 107-114. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2020.2.107-114
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