Potential benefits of smart lighting systems for warehouse management using order picking as an example
Research project at the PSCM Institute funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) successfully completed
Prof. Dr. Christoph Glock and Dr. Eric Grosse from the PSCM Institute, in collaboration with the Institute of Deutsche Post for Optimization of Distribution Networks at RWTH Aachen University under the direction of Prof. Dr. Michael Schneider, have successfully completed a research project as part of an IGF project of the Forschungsgemeinschaft Intralogistik/Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme e.V. (Research Association for Intralogistics/Conveyor Technology and Logistics Systems). As a result, the cost-benefit effects of smart lighting systems and the requirements for economic operation were investigated. The research project was executed from June 2017 until October 2019.
Project description
The objective of the research project was to investigate the potential benefits of smart lighting systems in warehouses. Smart lighting systems are able to illuminate aisles of the warehouse depending on motion or occupancy, so that the lighting intensity and the energy consumption can be adapted accordingly. Since the intensity of use of the warehouse aisles in turn depends on the control of the warehouse by the company and can thus be actively influenced, numerous interactions arise between the operational strategies for the warehouse and the potential benefits of smart lighting systems. These interactions are investigated in this research project, in particular through the development of integrated mathematical optimization models for order picking as well as through the development of a simulation model. The topic has been worked on in close cooperation with the project-accompanying committee.
Further information and documents
The final report on the project “Potential benefits of smart lighting systems for warehouse management using the example of order picking” is available here (opens in new tab) (in German language).
Funding
The IGF project (No. 19570 N) of the Forschungsgemeinschaft lntralogistik / Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme e.V. – IFL, Lyoner Straße 18, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag in cooperation with the Industrial Collective Research (“Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung”, IGF) by the AIF.
The following publications have resulted from the project:
Füchtenhans, M; Grosse, E. H.; Glock, C. H. (2020): Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz im Lager durch intelligente Beleuchtungssysteme. In: ZWF Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb, 115 (4), [article]
Füchtenhans, M.; Grosse, E. H.; Glock, C. H. (2019): Use cases and potentials of smart lighting systems in industrial settings. In: IEEE Engineering Management Review, (4), Volume 47. S. 101-107, DOI: 10.1109/EMR.2019.2947371, [Online-Edition: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8869821], [article]
Füchtenhans, M.; Grosse, E. H.; Glock, C. H. (2019): Applications for smart lighting systems in production and logistics: a structured literature review. Berlin, In: 9th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control (MIM 2019), 28.-30. August 2019, [conference publication]
Füchtenhans, M.; Glock, C. H.; Grosse, E. H.; Schmidt, K. (2019): Intelligente Beleuchtung mit Anwendungspotenzial. In: MM LOGISTIK, (4/2019), Vogel Communications Group, S. 34-36, [article]
Füchtenhans, M.; Glock, C. H.; Grosse, E. H.; Dagdagan, G. (2019): Reducing energy cost in warehouses via smart lighting systems: a simulation study. Würzburg, In: The 24th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL 2019), 14.-17.07.2019, [conference publication]
Füchtenhans, M.; Grosse, E. H.; Glock, C. H. (2019): Literature review on smart lighting systems and their application in industrial settings. In: 6th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, Paris, France, 23.-26.04.2019, [Online-Edition: http://codit19.com/], [conference publication]
Füchtenhans, M.; Schmidt, K.; Grosse, E. H.; Glock, C. H. (2019): Nutzenpotenziale intelligenter Beleuchtungssysteme für Fabrikbetriebe. In: Fabriksoftware, 24 (1), S. 21-24, DOI: 10.30844/FS19-1_21-24, [Online-Edition: http://library.gito.de/open-access-pdf/fuechtenhans-fs-19_1….], [article]
