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As the rapid progress of Internet technology, human daily life is more close to Internet. In addition, the high popularity of computer equipment, it also promoted the development of e-commerce. Consumers purchase goods via TV channel and online store is becoming more general. The market demand gradually transformed into “a small, diverse and customization”, which also makes distribution center face multiple challenges. In recent years, since IoT gradually affect the enterprises, it brings a new concept-Industry 4.0.
Kiva System, the new generation of distribution center in Amazon, subverted the way of operation in traditional logistics center. The most important innovation in this system is Kiva Robot. They can carry and delivery the shelves to the picking stations that employees can pick up the products according to the order. Kiva System broke through the traditional way picked goods by picker. By goods to people, it not only saves lots of labor, but also improves the speed, accuracy and flexibility. Therefore, it enhances the efficiency of operation so that pickers can fulfill the order at faster speed.
In this paper, we simulate the problem of Kiva Robot allocation and Pod storage allocation with different replenishment conditions in an environment resembles Kiva System. The simulation software is used analyze the results and find out the performance of rules proposed by this study in different factors. We expect that the flexibility of the Kiva system and the advantage of receiving instant message will effectively reduce the path of the Kiva robot and achieve the best performance for the entire system. | en_US |