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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Warehouse Mechanisation and Automated Handling Systems

LSC701 · Logistics Management — Week 9 of 16

CourseLSC701
Week9 of 16
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This week’s topics

Warehouse Mechanisation and Automated Handling Systems

  1. Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
  2. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)
  3. Conveyor, sortation, and palletising equipment
  4. Reliability, maintenance, and scalability of automated equipment
  5. From Automated to Autonomous Supply Chains
  6. SC4x 2017_2 Live Event 2A - Autonomous Vehicles-MITx MicroMasters in SCM
  7. Lec 55- Maintenance Performance Measures and OEE calculations

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Evaluate strategic aspects incl. Warehouse location, capacity, design/layout, storage racks selection and extent of automation (in relation to material handling equipment)
  • 4.2 Analyse operational issues in receiving, order picking, storage, and despatch incl. Relevance of technological solutions.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate strategic aspects incl. Warehouse location, capacity, design/layout, storage racks selection and extent of automation (in relation to material handling equipment)

Study materials

Videos

  • From Automated to Autonomous Supply Chains · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 55 min · for registered students
  • SC4x 2017_2 Live Event 2A - Autonomous Vehicles-MITx MicroMasters in SCM · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 33 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Warehousing and storage: A guide to health and safety (HSG76, 2nd ed. 2007) · PDF · Hse, guidance; 155 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Logistics Management and Contemporary Challenges
  • Week 2: Transport Modes and Freight Infrastructure
  • Week 3: Transport Economics and Operational Cost Structures
  • Week 4: Modal Selection and Transport Optimization
  • Week 5: International Customs Procedures and Regulatory Compliance
  • Week 6: Tariff Structures, Duties, and Landed Cost Analysis
  • Week 7: Strategic Warehouse Network Design and Infrastructure
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Warehouse Mechanisation and Automated Handling Systems
  • Week 10: Inbound and Outbound Warehouse Operations
  • Week 11: Packaging Architecture and Integrated Logistics Value
  • Week 12: Applying Logistics Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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