Research Article

Order Picking Systems: A Queue Model for Dimensioning the Storage Capacity, the Crew of Pickers, and the AGV Fleet

Table 9

Basic times summary.

ParameterDescriptionFormulaTime

Fixed forks time (value measured on the field) 15
Average horizontal time from the I/O AGV to a compartment in the warehouse61.2
Average horizontal time up to the output roller conveyor77.7
Average intrawarehouse transfer time61.6
 
Average time to raise/lower the forks10.5