Warehousing & Logistics Library

Plant Simulation Warehousing & Logistics Libary
Plant Simulation simulation building blocks for the logistics market

Ing. Ton Aarts – Sales Manager

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Agenda

 Introduction cards PLM Solutions
 Why this library
 Features, functions, benefits
 Demonstration


Fast facts cards PLM Solutions

 Located in the Netherlands, established in 1999
 Currently 35+ employees
 Business Partner of Siemens PLM Software (formerly
UGS/Tecnomatix) for 10 years
 Channel Partner Gold for Tecnomatix software in the Benelux
 Strong focus on Plant Simulation software and consultancy


Activities cards PLM Solutions

 Delivery and implementation of Plant Simulation software
 Training
 Helpdesk support
 Pilot projects
 On-site simulation consultancy
 Simulation library development
 Simulation application
 R&D support


Some simulation customers


Agenda

 Demonstration


Why this library?

 The logistic market is a growing market, while the
manufacturing market is decreasing.
 More and more people discover the benefit of simulation,
but they lack programming skills.
 Plant Simulation has the best simulation engine, but
historically has a manufacturing focus.
 Logistic simulations should be done with less efforts and
time compared to manufacturing.


Market positioning

1. Logistic Service Providers
 Warehousing and transport

2. Logistic Equipment Suppliers
 Systems engineering for material
handling and warehouse equipment

3. Logistic Consulting Houses

4. Manufacturing Plants with own
warehouse facilities


Typical pains for Logistics Service
Providers

 Customer contracts are getting shorter. For each new
customer a fast “first-time-right” ramp-up is needed.
 Large customer base and product mix within one
warehouse makes optimization difficult.
 Need for dynamic design and analysis tools.
 Difficult to convince new potential customers during
tenders. No visualization available.
 Difficult to optimize WMS systems since the customer-set
is changing rapidly. Large costs are involved.


Market challenges

 Logistics has become more than just “shoving boxes”
 Typical logistic design issues can only be answered by simulation:
 Capacity requirements?
 Site and warehouse layout: size, width, depth, aisles?
 Storage: ABC, Zones, dedicated, random, etc.?
 Order picking: batching, routing, sorting, consolidation, etc.?
 Effects of automation: robots, AGVs, AS/RS, carrousels, etc.?
 Planning and control: schedules, order release, etc.?
 Inventory management: order policies, cycle-counting, etc.?
 Value Added Logistics?


Agenda

 Demonstration


Features and functions (1)

1. Simulation of warehouse operations and control strategies:
 Object-oriented, hierarchical models
 Simulation of dynamic order flows
 Fast layout design, smart data management: complete warehouse
operation with just a few mouse clicks, in 2D and 3D.
2. Internal WMS for management of orders, inventories, replenishment,
resources, etc.
3. Warehouse equipment:
 Storage: pallet racks, flow racks, etc.
 Handling equipment: pallet trucks, reach trucks, etc.
 Automation: AS/RSs, AGVs, carrousels, etc.
 Docks, expedition floors, yard, etc.
 Visualization standard in 2D and 3D


Features and functions (2)

4. Supply chain objects:
 Source: dynamic supply of products
 Order-driven, random output or using historical data
 Drain: dynamic demand for products
 Random or historical orders
 Transportation: transport between sites
 Truck pool, fulfillment according to schedule, route, etc.

5. Tools:
 Data management: analysis, creation, randomization, etc.
 Performance analysis: bottlenecks, hotspots, etc.
 What-if analysis and optimization


Typical situations

1. Greenfield designs of warehouse complexes
 Layouts, number of docks, resources

2. Detailed design of supply-chains, warehouses and
distribution networks
 Locations and capacities, inventory control, rolling material

3. Benchmarking and optimization of warehouse operations
 Control policies, automation of picking

4. Tenders, fitting new customers in existing operations
 Utilization of storage and resources


Benefits

 Reduce modeling time with more than 90% for designing
warehouse and logistics operations
 Build simulation models within minutes instead of days
 No programming knowledge needed
 Optimize utilization of resources
 Extensive what-if analysis and evaluation of scenarios
 Unmatched accuracy and realism of results
 Visualization and animation of operations
 Powerful communication tool


Agenda

 Demonstration


Demonstration

Workflow:
1. Overview of the library
2. Creation of a small model:
 Warehouse, layout, resources
 Configuration of WarehouseManager
 Supply Chain objects
3. Visualizations 2D/3D
4. Tools


2D & 3D model


Supply Chain Objects


Site, Warehouse, Warehouse Manager


Lay-out objects


Some strategies


Hot Spot Analyser


Ton Aarts – Sales Manager

Website: www.cardsplmsolutions.com
Email: ton.aarts@cardsplmsolutions.com
Phone: +31-6-53665807

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