| Title: | Self-organizing logistics systems |
| Author: | Bartholdi, John J., III |
| Abstract: | The social insects, such as bees or ants, operate complex logistics systems that are efficient even though no agent is in charge. Instead of a centralized control, each agent follows a simple local rule and an efficient global organization emerges spontaneously. This idea has been successfully adapted to coordinate order-pickers in a warehouse. Under a protocol called "bucket brigades", each worker follows a simple rule; and without conscious intention or even awareness of the workers, the flow of work is smoothed and bottlenecks are removed. Furthermore, this happens without the advice on engineers, consultants, or management. The bucket brigade protocol has increased pick rates by 20-50% at some major distribution centers. (This is joint work with Don Eisenstein of the University of Chicago.) |
| Description: |
John J. Bartholdi, III is Professor at ISyE and Manhattan Associates Professor of Supply Chain Management and Research Director, The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute Lecture presented on September 4, 2007, 2:00-3:00 pm in the Neely Lobby of the Georgia Tech Library Runtime: 88:28 minutes |
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| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16859 |
| Date: | 2007-09-04 |
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Georgia Institute of Technology. Library and Information Center
Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Industrial and Systems Engineering |
| Publisher: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Georgia Tech ePublications
Bucket brigade protocol Social insects Distribution centers Order picking Logistics |
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