Unleashing the Potential of Digital Twin-Enhanced Hyper Hubs
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Parcel logistics hubs play a crucial role in aggregating and distributing packages, requiring significant capital and labor investments, primarily determined by conveyor infrastructure. Recently, the HyperHub concept has emerged, employing PI-Boxes and racks for parcel consolidation and transport. HyperHub functions as a cross-dock, transferring PI-Boxes between inbound and outbound trucks. However, challenges persist in developing a practical, cost-effective, and risk-free implementation methodology for HyperHub, despite advancements in its conceptualization, design, and execution system. To address this challenge, the authors present a comprehensive methodology for designing and developing a HyperHub based on the concept of digital twin (DT) in the early stages of the design process. A digital replica of the system is used in the early stages of design to create a physical layout and test the control system in a risk- and cost-effective environment. This is accomplished by integrating a modelbased system into the digital copy of the real system. Firstly, we propose a concept of a generic digital twin cellular logistic hub (DT-CLH) methodology for the HyperHub, inspired by the cellular manufacturing (CM) and cellular warehousing (CW) concepts. Secondly, we formulate and define a cellular logistic hub (CLH), considering the objective of minimizing total movement.
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2024-05
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