A simulation based experimental design to analyze factors affecting production flow time

Ekren, Banu Yetkin; Örnek, Mustafa Arslan

doi:10.1016/j.simpat.2007.11.016

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“…In the context of a cellular manufacturing system, its advantages are: smaller batch sizes, reduction of work in process (WIP), and reduction of flow time (Ekren & Ornek, 2008;Javadi et al, 2013;Alhourani, 2015). Ferreira & Reaes (2013) emphasize that both the reduction of flow and setup times, as well as the flexibility of the part routes, are very important characteristics for the viability of the business.…”

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Assessment of shop floor layouts in the context of process plans with alternatives

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Ferreira

Henning

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Assessment of shop floor layouts in the context of process plans with alternatives

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“…In this research, a concept of ordered parts buffer is proposed for sequencing parts arrived in the assembly process by robot systems. Simulation based on experimental design is developed by Ekren and Ornek [9] for typical manufacturing job-shop system. They investigated the effects of layout types and their interactions with other manufacturing parameters that can affect performance of the system.…”

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“…This is due to the fact that the complex assembly system generally includes preassembly section for part preparation and this can only be determined by computer aided simulation. editor@iaeme.com Simulation tools that commonly used in facility planning are Arena [9], QUEST [24], IGRIP [24], Pro Model [35] and Witness [31]. Another tool that can be used in layout simulation is Flexsim software.…”

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A Literature Review on Efficient Plant Layout Design

Naik¹,

Kallurkar²

2016

IJIERD

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Facility layout design involves a systematic physical arrangement of different departments, work stations, machines, equipments, storage areas and common areas in a manufacturing industry. In today's competitive global environment, the optimum facility layout has become an effective tool in cost reduction by enhancing the productivity. It has become very essential to have a well organised plant layout for all available resources in an optimum manner to achieve the maximum returns from the capacity of facilities. To achieve the optimisation objectives a lot of techniques are developed by many researchers in the domain area. The objective of this paper is to review the contributions in the field not only for plant layout but re-layout also.

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“…Furthermore, Ekren et al presented in [18] a simulation model performed using Arena software for analysing two different type of plant layouts, to evaluate the average flow time through the system and to study the influence of machines positions, batch sizes, transporter capacities etc. on the processing times.…”

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Fully-Automated Liquid Penetrant Inspection Line Simulation Model for Increasing Productivity

Popescu¹,

Anania²,

Cotet³

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Int. j. simul. model.

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By proposing an optimization model for a new automated liquid penetrant inspection (LPI) system in order to increase its productivity, the paper tries to identify the best algorithm to solve this case study. The architecture of the system is dictated by the successive stages of the inspection process and the available conditions in the work shop. As a novelty in the field, the authors developed such a fully automated LPI system for inspecting different parts, which eliminates the need of the visual inspection made by operator, using instead dedicated software solution for processing the digital images of the inspected parts and for giving the pass/fail verdict. In the present case study, the attention was focused on optimizing the new LPI system architecture. Simulations in different working scenarios are run with the purpose to increase productivity by optimizing the critical waiting times within the system and by establishing the best order for inspecting parts belonging to three families subjected to LPI method. Moreover, the results of the simulation are used for programming the system by setting the optimal values of the functional parameters of system's equipment in order to avoid running a large number of tests which are expensive and time consuming.

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A simulation based experimental design to analyze factors affecting production flow time

Cited by 31 publications

References 18 publications

Assessment of shop floor layouts in the context of process plans with alternatives

Assessment of shop floor layouts in the context of process plans with alternatives

A Literature Review on Efficient Plant Layout Design

Fully-Automated Liquid Penetrant Inspection Line Simulation Model for Increasing Productivity

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