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When designing a new warehouse or modifying an existing one, owners must consider a number of different factors to get the most out of the building. But the ultimate goal for all of them is to create an optimal warehouse layout that will result in increased productivity, a reduction of bottlenecks, and much more. Read about how this can be achieved in this blog post with examples from real life.

AnyLogic 8.8.2 comes with improvements in the Material Handling Library, GIS maps, and other changes. In this blog post, we’ll give a brief overview of the most significant ones.

AnyLogic 8.8.1 is now available for download. You will find that Storage now supports FIFO and LIFO rack types. Read more about this and other updates related to warehouse modeling.

Automated guided vehicles are widely used in manufacturing and warehousing to move items around. A simple example model combines various AnyLogic libraries and modeling approaches to simulate the AGV charging process. Read through and don’t forget to open the model in AnyLogic software to follow along with the example.

We are proud to present a new yet long-awaited feature – support for reversible conveyors. AnyLogic 8.7.12 also comes with built-in redesigned AnyLogic Help. Read on to learn more.

Before a festive break code freeze, updates for both AnyLogic and AnyLogic Cloud arrived. Contained within them were several improvements that we'll take a look at in this blog.

For AnyLogic, we introduced new rack functionality for the Material Handling Library and added file output capability for models exported to AnyLogic Cloud. While for AnyLogic Cloud, we added enterprise features, made user experience improvements, and increased security. Let’s take a look!

Introducing AnyLogic 8.7.7. In this release, we have enhanced the Material Handling Library with updates to storage functionality.

In this release, we've reimagined the RackStore, RackPick, and RackSystem blocks of the Process Modeling Library, as well as the PalletRack markup element. We now present you with their latest versions of their continuing evolution.

AnyLogic specialist Gennady Parshin simulates production operations at the United Metallurgical Company - a world leader in the production of large diameter pipes. In this article, Gennady shares his experience in modeling complex technological processes using AnyLogic and talks about how United Metallurgical Company (OMK) engineers simulate the operation of overhead cranes. We publish this article on his behalf.

AnyLogic User Experience session videos: Material Handling Library developer showcase of current and upcoming features. Watch the videos and learn more!

Advanced material handling at Walmart resulted from simulation modeling. Leading companies around the world are benefiting from using simulation modeling in their material handling design and analysis. Learn why and how simulation is ideal for complex material handling challenges in our white paper with real-world business cases...