The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) hosts the 16th International Material Handling Research Colloquium (IMHRC).
The research issues presented and discussed at the 2023 Colloquium are documented in the Proceedings available here. Past volumes are available through Georgia Southern Commons and in the MHI publications.
Other materials presented at the IMRC conference can be found at the International Material Handling Research Colloquium Site.
Submissions from 2023
Performance Analysis of Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem when Superimposed by Load Transport and Empty Flow Networks, Ardavan Asef-Vaziri and Cory Taylor
Handling disruptions in a network with cross-docking, Vishal Badyal, Fahim Ahmed, Nikhil Aditya Eti, Nathan Huynh, and William Ferrell
An efficient MILP formulation for the parallel load retrieval in puzzle based storage systems with simultaneous load movements, Yossi Bukchin and Tal Raviv
Designs of Puzzle Based Storage Systems with Unidimensional Cells, Hector J. Carlo and Andres Blanco
Introducing the Central Backup Cellular Manufacturing System (CBCMS), Salah Elaskari and Uday Venkatadri
5G opportunities in Warehousing, Roshan George, Natalie S. Cherbaka, and Kimberly Ellis
Evaluating business service models for on-demand warehousing: a double perspective on suppliers and customers, Maria Grazia Gnoni and Fabiana Tornese
Forklift operator Safety & Productivity: A Review of Current Research and Future Directions, Jesus Jimenez, Abhimanyu Sharotry, and Francis A. Mendez Mediavilla
RCS/RS under throughput investigation, Georg Kartnig Prof., Philipp Trost, and Michael Eder
Sorting with Robots: where to drop off the parcel?, René de Koster, Yuerong Chen, Bipan Zou, and Yeming Yale Gong
Designing Facilities to Improve Flexibility: Zone-based Dynamic Facility Layout, Sadan Kulturel-Konak and Abdullah Konak
Concepts for the use of knowledge-based engineering in intralogistics system planning, Christian Landschützer and Alexander Ortner-Pichler
Robotic bin-picking: Benchmarking robotics grippers with modified YCB object and model set, Tone Lerher, Primož Bencak, Darko Hercog, Boris Jerman, and Luka Bizjak
Toward Architecture Design for Discrete Event Logistics Systems, Leon McGinnis
Considerations When Designing an AutoStoreTM System, Russell D. Meller
Requirements for Generating Learning Environments for Autonomous Systems Behavior in a Digital Continuum, Anike Murrenhoff
Modeling Post-disruption Equilibrium for Circular Supply Chains and New Measures for Resilience, SangWoo Park, Ilaria Giannoccaro, and Layek Abdel-Malek
Let Shoppers shop: why click and collect is not the solution, Jennifer A. Pazour and Kai Furmans
Prospective on Automation for Omnichannel Services and the Need for New Robotic Solutions for Store Fulfillment Operations, Jennifer Pazour, Manmit Padhy, Georg Fischer, Joyjit Bhowmick, Sebastian Köhler, Gideon Arndt, and Kai Furmans
Transportation Service Provider Collaboration: Benefits and Insights, Steven Roesch and Kimberly Ellis
On Logistics and Motion Planning - An Informal Axiomatic Approach, Moritz Roidl
A Fluid Flow Queuing Network Model for Performance Analysis of Bulk Liquid Terminals, Debjit Roy, Werner Scheinhardt, and Jan-Kees van Ommeren
How Reshoring Impacts Economy and Transportation Logistics- A Us Perspective, MD Sarder
Current Challenges and Approaches in Route Selection of a Fleet of AMR, Thorsten Schmidt, Karl-Benedikt Reith, and Frank Schulze
Warehouse robotization with Wheel.me genius: A puzzle-based movable racks system, Fabio Sgarbossa, Martin Amaral Halseide, and Atle Timenes
Optimization of Cargo Handling Equipment at the Airport, David Sourek
Decision Rules for the Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System of A PCB Assembly Factory Warehouse, Ching-Jung Ting, Hendra Permana, and Hsien-Mi Meng
Working together- scheduling operations in assisted order picking, Jelmer Pier Van der Gaast
A Novel Autonomous Vehicle-based Storage and Retrieval System with Movable Lifts, Banu Yetkin Ekren, Tone Lerher, and Boris Jerman
Supply Chain Disruptors and their Impact on the Future of Manufacturing, Logistics, and Distribution, Henk M. Zijm and Sunderesh S. Heragu
