Agent-Based Simulation of Value Flow in an Industrial Production Process

Pârv, Luminița; Deaky, Bogdan-Alexandru; Nasulea, Marius Daniel; Oancea, Gheorghe

doi:10.3390/pr7020082

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“…In the case study, VSM was used. VSM illuminates the connections between operations and activities, providing the foundation of the analysis that will lead to improvement [48,49]. For the application of VSM, this study defines this improvement based on the water bottle holder product category of Company S. The steps in the VSM are to (1) collect productionrelated data, (2) draw a flowchart of the current status of VSM, (3) explode the improvement points of VSM, and (4) draw the future VSM.…”

Section: Vsm Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Lean Manufacturing Progress Model and Implementation for SMEs in the Metal Products Industry

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The manufacturing industry faces the challenge of small and diversified customer orders. To meet this challenge, strong internal production capabilities are required. A lean manufacturing process that uses fewer resources and offers greater process improvement will help SMEs to continue to contribute to the global economy. Though SMEs provide most employment opportunities, previous studies have focused on large companies in auto-manufacturing-related industries. With the commitment and support of the management, and the application of a value stream map (VSM) and related improvement tools, we produced a practical process improvement model for a lean manufacturing system in an SME. With the commitment and support of the management and the joint efforts of the project improvement staff, the 10 improvement projects over a six-month period all achieved their goals: reduction in lead time from 26 days to 19.5 days, improvement of welding per people per hour (PPH) efficiency by 28.3%, improvement of packaging PPH efficiency by 64.1%, improvement of working in process (WIP) efficiency at the production site by 83.84%, and improvement of raw material storage by 83.84%. The efficiency of the raw material warehouse inventory was improved by 58.63%, and the efficiency of the shipment completion rate was improved by 14.5%.

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Section: Vsm Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Lean Manufacturing Progress Model and Implementation for SMEs in the Metal Products Industry

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“…According to the review outcome, ABS has been applied in eight references to assess the value of lean application. Five types of simulation software were adopted: NetLogo has been used for "design management" to model and compare the changes, for assessing the benefits by applying lean and BIM for design error management in construction sector (Al Hattab and Hamzeh, 2015), and to explore the complex behaviours of supply chain (Puche et al, 2019); Flexsim is the ABS software used in the application of "complementary to VSM" that integrated with VSM to model and evaluate the human behaviours in the operation room (Xie and Peng, 2012) and layout design process (Jeong and Phillips, 2011); Anylogic agent-based simulation has been applied for evaluating key performance indicator in future value stream (Parv et al, 2019); The simulation engine called LeapconX has been used to evaluate the multiskilling in residential building (Korb et al, 2019) and to test the efficacy of the proposed Lean interventions (Korb and Sacks, 2018); A parametric ABS system called EPIC2.0 has been developed to model construction workflow (Ma and Sacks, 2016).…”

Section: Facilitation and Evaluation Of Lean Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The application of simulation in lean production research: a critical review and future directions

Shou

Jun

2021

ECAM

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PurposeSimulation has attracted increasing attention in lean production research as a response to address the complexities of the production environment and difficulties of dealing with changes within a system. Considerable growth of using simulation to facilitate lean acceptance and implementation has been observed across different projects and sectors. However, a thorough review of the development and use of simulation in lean production research is limited.Design/methodology/approachThis study aims to address this gap by reviewing 311 journal papers published in the past two decades on this specific research area and identify the state-of-the-art development and propose future research directions.FindingsThe review shows that current studies related to simulation in lean production research can be categorised into two major research streams, namely, simulation assisted lean facilitation and evaluation, and simulation-based lean education and training. Under the first research stream, a total of 19 application areas have been identified which applied both lean and simulation in their studies. The evolution of the simulation techniques used in these studies has been analysed as well. Meanwhile, four types of simulation games have been identified in the stream of simulation-based lean education and training and the impact and applicability of the different simulation and games have been discussed. A framework for engaging lean and simulation is suggested based on the review of the existing studies. The analysis in both streams also highlights the importance of stakeholder engagement and the utilisation of information technologies for future studies.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study are expected to provide useful references for the future development and application of simulation in lean production research.Originality/valueThis paper conducted a broad and extensive review of simulation integrated lean production research. An in-depth examination of the retrieved papers was conducted through a structured and quantitative analysis to understand the current body of knowledge.

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“…Compared to other mapping techniques, VSM has some specific features, making VSM important and unique for lean manufacturing. For instance, VSM not only manages the manufacturing processes but also optimizes the whole system by creating a holistic view of it [13,20]. VSM is a door-to-door demonstration for visualizing a production process at the plant level rather than the single-process level and illustrating the flow of materials and information in the entire supply chain rather than for separate manufacturing plants [21].…”

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Incorporating Variability in Lean Manufacturing: A Fuzzy Value Stream Mapping Approach

Liu

Yang

2020

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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In this paper, value stream mapping (VSM) is integrated with fuzzy set theory to incorporate variability and uncertainty in the lean production system. VSM is one of the primary analytical tools for identifying waste and optimizing a production line. However, the standard VSM fails to consider the variability in manufacturing environments, which is, in fact, one of the root causes of waste. Therefore, this article proposes fuzzy VSM to overcome this weakness. Two alternative forms of fuzzy numbers, triangular fuzzy numbers (TFNs) and normal fuzzy numbers (NFNs), are applied, respectively, to depict time intervals, inventories, and other operating variables in VSM. An industrial case for assessing the validity of the proposed approaches is presented. Both approaches make it possible to incorporate and analyze variability in VSM and can be easily applied to industrial cases, as they only require basic algebraic operations. The obtained results are compared and the choice between TFNs and NFNs is discussed accordingly. A triangular fuzzy VSM tends to overestimate the variability of the process in complex production environment with complicated operational processes. However, it permits a more accurate description of variation in the environment where the optimistic and pessimistic values have very different variations from the core.

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Agent-Based Simulation of Value Flow in an Industrial Production Process

Cited by 23 publications

References 63 publications

A Lean Manufacturing Progress Model and Implementation for SMEs in the Metal Products Industry

A Lean Manufacturing Progress Model and Implementation for SMEs in the Metal Products Industry

The application of simulation in lean production research: a critical review and future directions

Incorporating Variability in Lean Manufacturing: A Fuzzy Value Stream Mapping Approach

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