Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works

Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works

This paper focuses on the study of a steel fabrication works production line in a particular company in Malaysia. The company’s main business is steel cutting and bending service. Due to high number of customer orders, the current production layout has to be improved. The objectives of the study wa...

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Main Authors: N. M. Zuki, N. M., M. F. F., Ab Rashid, A. N., Mohd Rose, Woh, Yu Ting
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6099/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6099/1/fkm-2014-zuki-Production_layout_improvement.pdf
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spelling ump-60992018-01-09T00:37:26Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6099/ Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works N. M. Zuki, N. M. M. F. F., Ab Rashid A. N., Mohd Rose Woh, Yu Ting TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This paper focuses on the study of a steel fabrication works production line in a particular company in Malaysia. The company’s main business is steel cutting and bending service. Due to high number of customer orders, the current production layout has to be improved. The objectives of the study was to improve the current layout in order to minimise material handling cost, improve flexibility for operation, utilise the available area and minimise overall production time. The improvement process layout was studied using WITNESS software. Production analysis has been conducted in the process flow of the company in order to identify improvement at the problematic areas. Finally, improvement alternative solutions were proposed based on Witness simulation. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6099/1/fkm-2014-zuki-Production_layout_improvement.pdf N. M. Zuki, N. M. and M. F. F., Ab Rashid and A. N., Mohd Rose and Woh, Yu Ting (2014) Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works. In: International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA 2014), 29-30 March 2014 , Sydney, Australia. pp. 1-5..
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spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
N. M. Zuki, N. M.
M. F. F., Ab Rashid
A. N., Mohd Rose
Woh, Yu Ting
Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works
description This paper focuses on the study of a steel fabrication works production line in a particular company in Malaysia. The company’s main business is steel cutting and bending service. Due to high number of customer orders, the current production layout has to be improved. The objectives of the study was to improve the current layout in order to minimise material handling cost, improve flexibility for operation, utilise the available area and minimise overall production time. The improvement process layout was studied using WITNESS software. Production analysis has been conducted in the process flow of the company in order to identify improvement at the problematic areas. Finally, improvement alternative solutions were proposed based on Witness simulation.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author N. M. Zuki, N. M.
M. F. F., Ab Rashid
A. N., Mohd Rose
Woh, Yu Ting
author_facet N. M. Zuki, N. M.
M. F. F., Ab Rashid
A. N., Mohd Rose
Woh, Yu Ting
author_sort N. M. Zuki, N. M.
title Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works
title_short Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works
title_full Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works
title_fullStr Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works
title_full_unstemmed Production Layout Improvement for Steel Fabrication Works
title_sort production layout improvement for steel fabrication works
publishDate 2014
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6099/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6099/1/fkm-2014-zuki-Production_layout_improvement.pdf
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