Global Logistics

  • type: Block (B)
  • chair: KIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • semester: SS 2025
  • time: Tue 2025-05-06
    08:00 - 17:15, once
    11.40 Seminarraum 202
    11.40 Kollegiengebäude am Ehrenhof (2. OG)


    Wed 2025-05-07
    08:00 - 17:15, once
    11.40 Seminarraum 214
    11.40 Kollegiengebäude am Ehrenhof (2. OG)
  • sws: 2
  • lv-no.: 2118010
  • information: On-Site
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Content

Conveyor systems

  • Basics of conveyor systems
  • Key performance indicators
  • Split elements
  • Join elements

Queueing theory

  • Basics of queueing theory
  • Probability density functions and cumulative distribution functions
  • Models M|M|1 and M|G|1

Storage and commissioning

  • Automated storage and retrieval systems
  • Single and dual command cycles
  • Cycle times in single-deep storage systems
  • Cycle times in multi-deep storage systems

Application for production logistics 

  • Location problame
  • Distribution centers
  • Inventory management
Language of instructionEnglish
Bibliography

Arnold, D., & Furmans, K. (2019). Materialfluss in logistiksystemen (Vol. 7). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer.

Organisational issues

Attendance during lecture is required. Admission to the exam is only possible when attending the lecture.