Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement
This paper presents the study of a motorcycle frame production line in a particular company in Malaysia. Due to the high demand, the company needs to increase its production by at least 12% compared with current output. In order to improve productivity, the production-floor data was collected and s...
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Faculty Mechanical Engineering, UMP
2015
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10173/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10173/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10173/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10173/1/3_Ab%20Rashid%20et%20al.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper presents the study of a motorcycle frame production line in a particular company in Malaysia. Due to the high demand, the company needs to increase its
production by at least 12% compared with current output. In order to improve productivity, the production-floor data was collected and simulated using the discrete
event simulation approach. Later, a number of suggestions for improvement were simulated to identify the effect of the suggestions on productivity. In addition, cost
analysis was also undertaken to identify the profit margin for a particular period of time for each suggestion. Simulation results indicate that there are three suggestions that are able to fulfill the 12% volume increment. In the short term, the suggestion to hire an
assistant line leader will give instant effect to the profit. Meanwhile, for the medium term, Poka-yoke will give higher profit compared with the others, while in the long term, SOP (standard operating procedure) implementation will yield a better profit margin. In future, the simulation of a dynamic demand model for this product is suggested to cope with new trends in the market. |
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