Distribution Center Planning And Simulation

As an important logistics nodes, logistics distribution center have a major impact on speeding up the circulation, reducing circulation costs, increasing inventory turns and enhancing the operational efficiency of enterprises.These years, logistics industry is developing very fast with our rapid economic and social development. Many cities and corporations are increasing investment, and have raised the construction tide of distribution center. Generally speaking, although the construction has high threshold, there are many deficiencies in planning and design, especially in internal planning and design because of the late starting, lack of more practical experience to reference and incomplete theory system. Owing to high cost in construction and existing investment risk, to assure the construction is scientific and reasonable, it is necessary for us to make a further research on the internal planning and design of distribution center.The paper first expound the planning and design of the basic theory on the distribution center and the classification of distribution center, analyze the impact on the distribution center the size of the factors, given the overall size of the distribution center and Shipped into the area, storage areas and determine the size of the picking area. Then discuss the internal layout in the distribution center, introduce the graphic construction method on the layout design, with good results.The technology of computer simulation is a kind of bank study the logistics system, and one of it's biggest advantage is that we can test the effect of equipment and compare the merits of various options without actual installation of equipment and implementation of program. Because of above, the paper first made a model of the Sorting System and run the simulation model by Flexsim, finally the paper discovered the problems existed in the logistics system, and also the paper optimized the logistics system.