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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Main Authors:	M. F. F., Ab Rashid, N. M. Zuki, N. M., A. N., Mohd Rose
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty Mechanical Engineering, UMP 2015
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures
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

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spelling	ump-101732017-06-21T06:52:49Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10173/ Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement M. F. F., Ab Rashid N. M. Zuki, N. M. A. N., Mohd Rose TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures 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. Faculty Mechanical Engineering, UMP 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10173/1/3_Ab%20Rashid%20et%20al.pdf M. F. F., Ab Rashid and N. M. Zuki, N. M. and A. N., Mohd Rose (2015) Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences (JMES) , 8. pp. 1283-1292. ISSN 2289-4659 (print); 2231-8380 (online) http://jmes.ump.edu.my/images/Volume%208%20June%202015/3_Ab%20Rashid%20et%20al.pdf DOI: 10.15282/jmes.8.2015.3.0125
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures M. F. F., Ab Rashid N. M. Zuki, N. M. A. N., Mohd Rose Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement
description	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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author	M. F. F., Ab Rashid N. M. Zuki, N. M. A. N., Mohd Rose
author_facet	M. F. F., Ab Rashid N. M. Zuki, N. M. A. N., Mohd Rose
author_sort	M. F. F., Ab Rashid
title	Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement
title_short	Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement
title_full	Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement
title_fullStr	Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement
title_full_unstemmed	Simulation Study of a Vehicle Production Line for Productivity Improvement
title_sort	simulation study of a vehicle production line for productivity improvement
publisher	Faculty Mechanical Engineering, UMP
publishDate	2015
url	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
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