Productivity Planning To Reduce Waste By Simulation In Manufacturing System

Loh, Suet Leng (2018) Productivity Planning To Reduce Waste By Simulation In Manufacturing System. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Industrial revolution 4.0 has been broadly deliberated for most global industries which production will become more specialized and complex. Hence, line efficiency and productivity is crucial in manufacturing industry. In manufacturing industry, the production process consist of wastes are the critical problem faced in many industries nowadays. Waste is any activity which adds cost or time, consume resources more than necessary to produce the product but doesn't add value to a product. Lean manufacturing plays an important role to eliminate non-value added activities which is wastes. In this case study is conducted at electronics and mechanical assemblies. This project focuses on the assembly's production line of product big rack. The problem statements of the production line are having uneven cycle time, different workload in the workstations and the abilities of operators that cause the unbalance line. Line balancing has been use for balance the operator workload in the workstations to minimize work load of stations and enhance output efficiency. The workstations of production line big rack has been reduce from 14 workstations to 8 workstations. Then, Arena simulation use to study assembly production line of big rack. Arena simulation use for simulate before and after line balancing show the result of number of operator reduce 1 person and the output increases from 121 units to 149 units in 3 hours production line run. Simulation results based on variables parameter such as number of operator and number of workstations gives option to company make a decision making on the productivity improvement on the big rack production line.

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