Event

Learning Content:

• Elements of material flow systems (conveyor elements, fork, join elements)
• Models of material flow networks using graph theory and matrices
• Queueing theory, calculation of waiting time, utilization
• Warehouseing and order-picking
• Shuttle systems
• Sorting systems
• Simulation
• Calculation of availability and reliability
• Value stream analysis

After successful completion of the course, you are able (alone and in a team) to:

• Accurately describe a material handling system in a conversation with an expert.
• Model and parameterize the system load and the typical design elements of a material handling system.
• Design a material handling system for a task.
• Assess the performance of a material handling system in terms of the requirements.
• Change the main lever for influencing the performance.
• Expand the boundaries of today’s methods and system components conceptually if necessary.

Literature:

Arnold, Dieter; Furmans, Kai: Materialfluss in Logistiksystemen; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009

Description:

Students are divided into groups for this course. Five case studies are carried out in these groups. The results of the group work during the lecture period are presented and evaluated in writing. During the colloquiums, the result of the case study is presented and the understanding of the group work and the models dealt with in the course are tested in an oral defense. The participation in the colloquiums is compulsory and will be controlled. For the written submission and the presentation the group receives a common grade, in the oral defense each group member is evaluated individually.

After the lecture period, there is the final case study. This case study contains the curriculum of the whole semester. The students work individually on this case study which  takes place at a predefined place and time (duration: 4h).

We strongly recommend to attend the introductory session at 16.10.2019. In this session, the teaching concept of "Materialfluss in Logistiksysteme" is explained and outstanding issues are clarified.

Workload:

• Regular attendance: 35 h
• Self-study: 135 h
• Group work: 100 h

Competence Certificate:

The assessment (Prüfungsleistung anderer Art) consists of the following assignments:

• 40% assessment of the final case study as individual performance,
• 60% semester evaluation which includes working on 5 case studies and defending those (For both assessment types, the best 4 of 5 tries count for the final grade.):
  • 40% assessment of the result and the presentation of the case studies as group work,
  • 20% assessment of the oral examination during the colloquiums as individual performance.