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support product input and output registration. In the case of new product entry to the warehouse, the operator may scan the QR code on the product and on the storage shelf/ compartment so as to quickly register a new product in the warehouse database. The last functionality helps to retrieve a specific product in the warehouse. As a new warehouse layout is suggested, and also because the operators tend to change what product is stored in each compartment, an Augmented Reality based guidance is introduced. The operator may provide, through the mobile application, a request to retrieve a product’s position from the database and be guided to it. Using device’s GPS and the corresponding warehouse compartment ’s position , as stored in the database, the operator is guided to find it. This application may be used by operators, using either handheld equipment or pallet transfer vehicles.
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Conclusion
To sum up, warehouse design and planning is an ever- existing challenge in manufacturing that highly affects the efficiency of the warehouse. Many solutions have been proposed in the literature but it still seems to be an open issue for research. The developed methodology presents a step-by- step way to design and plan a warehouse which initiates from inventory control and management and is completed with a warehouse simulation so as to verify warehouse design. Additionally, an Augmented Reality based mobile application is introduced. The application aims to facilitate warehouse management, supporting efficient navigation and product retrieval, which could be extended to logistics warehouse, where there the product stock is constantly changing, thus finding it becomes more difficult for the operators. For future work, a more throughout analysis of the fluctuating customer demand will be performed, in order to improve the design of the stock levels. Moreover, lost sales cost analysis due to low inventory level and the cost from the unpredictable changing of the production line in order to serve some large orders. Additionally, the developed Augmented Reality application will be extended to other warehouse management use cases.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the papermaking industry that provided the use case for this study.
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