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5. Sizing
5.1 Investment decision
There are many different storage technologies and principles to choose from. The question of choosing the most suitable system is therefore unavoidable.
When making...
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Sizing
Economic data
1. Markets in different countries
We estimate the global market for automated logistics distribution centers (CDLA) in Europe at 0.930 billion euros in 2000, and project a market of 1.130 billion euros in 2004. These figures take into account all the components of a CDLA (racking, conveyors, stacker cranes, supervision, etc.).
In France, between 5 and 10 projects are carried out each year,...
Bibliography
Regulations. Standardization
European Federation of Materials Handling (FEM)
- Terminology – Vocabulary of locker service equipment. - FEM 9001 -
- Terminology – Stacker crane definitions. - FEM 9101 -
- Checking the performance of mechanical crate feeders – Reliability – Availability. - FEM 9221 -
- Règles relatives...
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