An Approach for Performance Calculation of AVS/RS in Multi-floor Workshop

Warehouse management is an important part of the production process. As a result of the development of technology, more and more companies tend to use automated logistics technologies such as AVS/RS to handle the internal logistics of the production system. Especially in multi-floor workshops, the production process on each floor are connected with each other through AVS/RS. It is becoming more and more important to study the integration process of AVS/RS and multi-floor workshop production process. In this paper, an integrated queuing network model of multi-floor workshop and AVS/RS was established, and a calculation method of system performance index was proposed. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method are demonstrated by comparing the results with simulations from numerical experiments. The work of this article can provide a basis for the design of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieve systems in multi-floor workshop, and the calculation method can be used as the support of WMS technology base.