Fast Deployable Autonomous Systems for Order Picking - How Small and Medium Size Enterprises Can Benefit from the Automation of the Picking Process

Marco Bonini, Augusto Urru, Wolfgang Echelmeyer

2016

Abstract

The paper focuses on a recently introduced paradigm for the logistic process of picking, with respect to the man-to-goods and goods-to-man concept: the robot-to-goods. First the task and system architecture of the fast deployable autonomous commissioning system are described, then the economic efficiency of the system is analysed in a real business case scenario using a simplified method, which is explained and discussed. The clearly positive Net Present Value of the investment and the short Payback Period obtained in the business case prove how the robot-to-goods paradigm for the commissioning process, implemented through the automation of the forklift platform, is economically attractive for small and medium size enterprises.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bonini M., Urru A. and Echelmeyer W. (2016). Fast Deployable Autonomous Systems for Order Picking - How Small and Medium Size Enterprises Can Benefit from the Automation of the Picking Process . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-198-4, pages 479-484. DOI: 10.5220/0005997804790484

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco16,
author={Marco Bonini and Augusto Urru and Wolfgang Echelmeyer},
title={Fast Deployable Autonomous Systems for Order Picking - How Small and Medium Size Enterprises Can Benefit from the Automation of the Picking Process},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2016},
pages={479-484},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005997804790484},
isbn={978-989-758-198-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - Fast Deployable Autonomous Systems for Order Picking - How Small and Medium Size Enterprises Can Benefit from the Automation of the Picking Process
SN - 978-989-758-198-4
AU - Bonini M.
AU - Urru A.
AU - Echelmeyer W.
PY - 2016
SP - 479
EP - 484
DO - 10.5220/0005997804790484