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A detailed analysis of the advantages, disadvantages, current situation, and trends of automated delivery intelligent three-dimensional warehouses

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Feb 01,2018

Advantages of Automated Delivery Intelligent Automated Warehouses (1) All warehousing operations in automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses are fully automated, reducing a large amount of labor costs. At the same time, the reduction in labor costs can greatly reduce errors caused by human factors. (2) Traditional warehouses use horizontal shelves, wasting a large amount of warehouse space resources. Automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses use a high-level shelf design, effectively utilizing the vertical space resources of the warehouse and reducing the horizontal area utilization rate. (3) Automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses


  Advantages of Automated Delivery Intelligent Automated Warehouses
  (1)All warehousing operations in an automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse are fully automated, reducing a large amount of labor costs. The reduction in labor costs also significantly reduces errors caused by human factors.
  (2)Traditional warehouses use horizontal shelving, wasting a large amount of warehouse space resources. Automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses use a high-bay shelving design, effectively utilizing the vertical space of the warehouse and reducing the horizontal area utilization rate.
  (3)Automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses use pallets and containers to transport goods, which greatly protects the integrity of the goods and prevents damage during transportation, reducing the damage rate of goods.
  (4)The centralized management system used in automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses utilizes big data processing technology to achieve automated control of warehousing operations. It can adjust system parameters in real-time based on the actual utilization of the warehouse, improving overall warehouse capacity.
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  Disadvantages of Automated Delivery Intelligent Automated Warehouses
  The structure is relatively complex, and compared to traditional warehouses, it has more supporting equipment. While this allows automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses to have more functions, it also requires a large amount of capital to purchase related supporting equipment. The excessive equipment also makes future maintenance more complex.
  Automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses have high technical requirements for operators. Because this type of warehouse uses a large amount of advanced technology, operators need to have relevant professional knowledge to be qualified for this job.
  Automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses have very high installation precision requirements and cannot tolerate any errors. Therefore, the installation of this type of warehouse is complex and requires a longer time period.
  What are the recent development trends of automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses?
  The degree of automation and management level are constantly improving, the operation speed is accelerating, the warehousing and outbound capabilities are enhanced, and the inventory turnover rate is increasing;
  The types of goods stored are becoming increasingly diverse, and the scope of application is becoming wider;
  It is more closely integrated with the company's process flow and has become a component of production logistics and sales logistics;
  The reliability and safety of warehouse operations are constantly improving.
  In practical applications, how can the maximum production capacity and efficiency of an automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse be achieved?
  Companies must first rationally plan and construct an automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse that meets their needs. Generally speaking, an automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse includes: inbound temporary storage area, inspection area, palletizing area, storage area, outbound temporary storage area, pallet temporary storage area, non-conforming product temporary storage area, and miscellaneous goods area, etc. Different companies can reasonably divide and add or reduce areas according to their own process characteristics and requirements when building a high-bay warehouse. At the same time, companies must also design a good logistics process to ensure smooth flow of goods, as this will directly affect the capacity and efficiency of the automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse.
  Typically, the goods storage and retrieval process is as follows: After the goods arrive, they are first inspected and selected in the inspection area, and unqualified goods are selected. Qualified goods are sent to the inbound goods temporary storage area. In the temporary storage area, the goods are palletized and, after passing through the inbound port, are sent to the high-bay warehouse aisle entrance by conveyor. Then, the stacker crane automatically places the goods pallets in the corresponding storage locations. When the goods are outbound, the stacker crane retrieves the required goods according to the system instructions and places them on the conveyor, sending them to the outbound port. Then, after passing through the outbound temporary storage area, they are sent to the outbound goods storage area, and then the outbound goods are loaded for transportation or sent to the production line. After the automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse is put into use, in order to ensure efficient operation and full capacity utilization, companies also need to strengthen the management of the automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse. On the one hand, companies can use the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to achieve information-based logistics management, timely grasp logistics changes, and comprehensively improve logistics management levels. On the other hand, since the automated delivery intelligent automated warehouse integrates advanced technologies such as optics, mechanics, electricity, automatic control, communication, and information, it also has certain requirements for the knowledge level of users. Only by continuously enhancing comprehensive management capabilities, including information technology capabilities and logistics management capabilities, and comprehensively improving inventory management, logistics operations, and production management levels, can companies match the high efficiency and high capacity of automated delivery intelligent automated warehouses, integrate them into the company's entire logistics system, and fully utilize their functions.
  After going through the stages of manual warehousing, mechanized warehousing, and automated warehousing, warehousing systems have now entered the integrated warehousing stage. In an integrated warehousing system, the entire system works together in real time, making the overall efficiency and adaptability far exceed the sum of the independent efficiency of each device. In the future, with the development of artificial intelligence technology, intelligent automated warehouses will be the future development direction. At that time, computers will replace humans to automatically formulate storage plans and automatically perform storage and retrieval operations.

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