A methodology for the selection of Material Handling Equipment in manufacturing systems

Soufi, Zakarya; David, Pierre; Yahouni, Zakaria

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.08.193

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“…It is not obvious to understand why certain criteria are retained and others ignored. An analysis of literature on MHE [18] revealed that more than 200 criteria were identified for MHE selection processes. While in the field studies of this work, 12 distinct criteria were identified, and the companies used at most 6 criteria to decide.…”

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“…While in the field studies of this work, 12 distinct criteria were identified, and the companies used at most 6 criteria to decide. In [18], a methodology with a list of potential criteria is presented for two analysis levels: MHE category selection and MHE model selection. To advance the field it would be relevant to propose techniques for the selection of relevant criteria, based on the company's characteristics and its industrial activity and strategy.…”

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Challenges of Material Handling System Design in the Context of Industry 4.0

Soufi

David

Yahouni

2023

Studies in Computational Intelligence

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Mastering Material Handling Systems is a crucial issue for numerous companies since the costs of Material Handling activities are far from being negligible. The demand for a sustainable industry and the introduction of industry 4.0 technologies for Material Handling are renewing the Material Handling System design concerns. Many questions arise on whether it is suitable or not to bring technologies such as Autonomous Mobile Robots or Real-Time Location Systems to the shop-floors. In the presented study, various companies are questioned on their utilization of new technologies and on their processes to manage and modify their Material Handling System. It appears that practices in Material Handling System design and management are diversified and that no consensus exists on how to efficiently design these systems. A cross-analysis is performed to identify the differences and the common patterns between the literature and the field study. This work discusses the need to better understand the relation between the different aspects of Material Handling System design and presents key challenges to be addressed in the context of industry 4.0. To address these challenges, research directions are proposed. They are composed of four main challenges area: Material handling specifications, Material Handling Equipment selection, Material Handling Equipment deployment, and Material Handling System analysis.

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Section: Mhs Selectionmentioning

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Challenges of Material Handling System Design in the Context of Industry 4.0

Soufi

David

Yahouni

2023

Studies in Computational Intelligence

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“…The differing designs were evaluated and the results were validated both numerically and experimentally [20]. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was used for selection of material handling equipment [21]. Moreover, it was used in combination with Pugh Matrix methods for the comparison of concept designs of reconfigurable manufacturing systems, but very few details were provided [22].…”

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Systematic Development of a Powder Deposition System for an Open Selective Laser Sintering Machine Using Analytic Hierarchy Process

Psarommatis

Vosniakos

2022

JMMP

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This work reports on the design and manufacture of an efficient system for powder deposition into layers in an open Selective Laser Sintering machine. The system comprises mainly two subsystems, i.e., one that deposits a dose of powder onto the worktable and another that levels the powder upon its deposition. The design was conducted in two phases, namely conceptualization of the system and its detailed design. The conceptualization phase exploited the Analytic Hierarchy Process to evaluate alternative mechanical systems and determine the most suitable one. This was subsequently detail-designed using a CAD software package and then followed by selection of the necessary electronics for imparting and controlling motion of the individual mechanisms comprising the system. As regards manufacturing, custom designed components were obtained by CNC machining and the entire mechanism was assembled on an open Selective Laser Sintering machine. Functionality testing of the system was performed with satisfactory results.

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“…Goswami and Behera (2021) made an investigation for the capability and applicability of two well-known MCDM approaches ARAS and COPRAS for the evaluation and selection of conveyors, AGV and robots as material handling equipment. Soufi et al (2021) introduced an AHP based MCDM methodology for the evaluation and selection of material handling equipment to be utilized in manufacturing systems. Satyam et al (2021) applied a multi attribute decision making approach for evaluation and selection of conveyors as material handling equipment.…”

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A new framework for green selection of material handling equipment under fuzzy environment

Bairagi

2023

Decis. Mak. Appl. Manag. Eng.

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In the rapidly changing global circumstances, managements of industrial organizations are making decisions for their survival in business atmosphere in future. Decision makers in industries are steering their respective organizations towards for appropriate decision making satisfying the condition of ‘Go green’. Appropriate decision making in fuzzy environment is always a hard task. The current investigation explores a new multi criteria decision making approach for green selection of material handling equipment under fuzzy environment. The proposed technique has the capability of capturing effects of economical, environmental and social factors of benefit, non-benefit and target based criteria under uncertainty and vague information. The proposed method is illustrated with a suitable example on material handling equipment selection under fuzzy environment. The result clearly shows that the proposed technique is useful and effective in the decision making process regarding green material handling selection under fuzzy environment.

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A methodology for the selection of Material Handling Equipment in manufacturing systems

Cited by 22 publications

References 14 publications

Challenges of Material Handling System Design in the Context of Industry 4.0

Challenges of Material Handling System Design in the Context of Industry 4.0

Systematic Development of a Powder Deposition System for an Open Selective Laser Sintering Machine Using Analytic Hierarchy Process

A new framework for green selection of material handling equipment under fuzzy environment

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