2010
HMS 2010 Proceeding
Modelling and analysis of mechanical steel handling processes in seaport
Authors: Bernd Scholz-Reiter, Michael Görges, Jan Topi Tervo, Ralf Matthies
Abstract
Despite the actual financial crisis the quantities shipped in international seaports are assumed to increase during the next years. Due to spatial and capacity restrictions many modern seaports have limited possibilities for expanding their current infrastructure. Hence, seaports need to use their particular resources in a more effective manner, in order to fulfil the demand. In this context novel approaches and processes for material handling may help to increase the effectiveness of the entire maritime logistic chain. This paper will focus in particular on the handling of steel sheets, which are determined for the export, in an exemplary case at a German seaport. It focuses on modelling the underlying business processes by event-driven process chains (EPC). These EPCs are analysed in order to identify major weak points and improvement potentials. On the basis of these potentials an innovative magnetic handling process will be discussed. It will be shown how this magnetic device may help to use the identified potentials and to overcome the weak points.
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