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A smart palletising planning and control model in Logistics 4.0 framework

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  • Theodor Borangiu
  • Silviu Răileanu

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The paper describes a smart model for palletising as main intra-logistics task for product-on-pallet distribution, and its development in Logistics 4.0 framework aligned to Industry 4.0. The model is developed in holonic paradigm as a 2-layer Holonic Logistics Execution System (HLES) in semi-heterarchical topology. Scheduling of logistics activities and allocation to resources are optimised for global efficiency on compact time periods. The logistics model virtualises physical entities: resources, pallets and orders as holons implemented with digital twin software, and categories of task workloads: resource health monitoring, dispatching and tracking pallet orders, re-assigning jobs at resource failure, which grants reality-awareness and robustness. Global workload optimisation uses Constraint Programming as decision making technology with ILOG optimiser engine as situation-specific solver tool in SaaS cloud model, and delegate multi-agent system (MAS) technology for intelligence distribution. The optimised objective function is a combination of palletising cost weighted by robot speed limits and pallet storage cost in payable stocks. The main constructs are exemplified and validated on a real-life structure with multiple palletising resources in which programmable logic controllers (PLC) coordinate locally the parallel execution of order holons according to their globally optimised sequence.

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  • Theodor Borangiu & Silviu Răileanu, 2023. "A smart palletising planning and control model in Logistics 4.0 framework," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 61(24), pages 8580-8597, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:61:y:2023:i:24:p:8580-8597
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2022.2154405
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