Direct Commissary Support System (DICOMSS) Design Simulation.

Abstract

A simulation analysis was performed on the Defense Mechanization Support Office (DMECSO) design for an automated material handling system for the Direct Commissary Support System (DICOMSS) at the Defense Depot Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania). A pick-to-belt system, coupled with a bar code sortation system, was the main enhancement to the picking and palletizing area. An automated guided vehicle (AGV) system was employed to carry pallets from receiving to storage. Several significant recommendations were made concerning the design. The AGV system was not cost effective. A second sortation belt was needed to alleviate congestion and to provide redundancy. In addition, numbers of specific resources (e.g. , number of forklifts, turret trucks, etc.) to procure was also provided. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA185264

Entities

People

  • James Russell III
  • Kevin P. Smith

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automated Guided Vehicles
  • Bar Codes
  • Classification
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Conveyors
  • Economic Analysis
  • Experimental Design
  • Logistics
  • Operations Research
  • Pallets
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Statistics
  • Travel Time
  • Vehicles
  • Workload

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  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Robotics and Automation.