Abstract :
Welding processes play a major role in ship production. If the welding
process can be performed in less time, ship fabrication can be completed in a shorter time.
Therefore, it is a signi cant issue for welding time to be ended as soon as possible. For this,
the operator factor, which is a component of welding time calculation, could be increased.
If this is done, welding time could be decreased. The purpose of this study is to determine
the e ects of operator factor on the production quantity of a panel line. Here, the panel line
of a shipyard situated in Turkey was illustrated as an example. Whole workstations of a
panel line were taken into consideration and modeled in a SIMIO simulation environment.
By changing the operator factor in a web welding work station on a panel line, di erent
welding time values were achieved. These welding time values were then inserted into a
simulation model and the model was run for a speci ed period. Finally, the production
quantities of the panel line were obtained as an output. Thus, the e ects of a changing
operator factor on panel line throughput were determined.
