The warehouse is an essential part of any supply chain. Effective supply chain management is impossible without taking into account all the parameters of the warehouse, its resources and the dynamics of product movement. The performance of the entire logistics structure depends substantially on the efficiency of the warehouse logistics. One of the most important simulation modeling applications is the analysis of warehouse / terminal networks. Simulation models help you analyze various warehouse / terminal location options, evaluate terminal response to traffic growth, and define the priority of terminal development. An Anylogic analysis would be based on real stochastic features, providing accurate results.
Transportation and fleet management include many different aspects: transportation procurement, transportation planning, routine maintenance planning, fleet maintenance and scheduling and risk management, as well as human resource management. AnyLogic helps users deal with these complicated issues, including the most difficult task - transport management. Simulation modeling will allow you to maximize the transport load, minimize your costs, and also calculate the likelihood that your traffic costs will exceed. You will be able to "play" various transport and fleet management schemes, which will allow you to reveal and prevent potential problems.
AnyLogic support for decision making in transportation logistics is one of the main areas of use of AnyLogic. Typical tasks are:
• long-term planning of warehouse infrastructure based on business dynamics
• daily management of warehouse resources
• detailed simulation models of warehouses based on physical dimensions of buildings, forklifts, shelves, products and pallets, in order to find the optimal management policy
• strategic and operational transport and fleet control based on real-time data monitoring, cumulative statistics and predictions based on simulation
• optimal fleet management: maintenance planning, purchase, rental or leasing of trucks, wagons, ships, aircraft
• risk assessment and risk management in transport logistics.