Warehouse Layout Designing of Slab Using Dedicated Storage and Particle Swarm Optimization

Abstract

Abstract Warehouse is a supporting facility and has the important role in the production system. Goods warehouse arrangement is an activity based on related/rationale reason. There are several policies in random storage, fixed or dedicated storage, and class-based storage. We conducted this study in XYZ Company which the main business is producing steel. In this research, dedicated storage and particle swarm optimization will be used in the layout design of slab raw material warehouse to obtain the best layout to minimize material handling cost. Based on the result of the research, particle swarm optimization method gives the best layout result with the least material handling cost compared to the existing layout and layout using dedicated storage method.