Title :
Material Handling Resource Utilization Simulation Study for Stamping Plant
Author :
Williams, Edward J. ; Ulgen, Onur M. ; Bailiff, Sheldon ; Lote, Ravindra
Author_Institution :
Ind. & Manuf. Syst. Eng., Michigan Univ., Dearborn, MI
Abstract :
This paper describes the application of dynamic simulation to evaluate material handling resource utilization for a stamping plant in the automotive industry. The other objective of this study was evaluation of throughput relative to press schedules, shift patterns, the number of material handling resources (i.e. fork truck and tugger train drivers), and storage inventory levels. This dynamic simulation study enabled plant managers to balance the driver utilization with respect to time and to accommodate typical press schedules to achieve desired throughput levels
Keywords :
automobile industry; discrete event simulation; inventory management; materials handling; resource allocation; automotive industry; dynamic simulation; fork truck; material handling resource utilization simulation; press schedules; shift patterns; stamping plant; storage inventory levels; tugger train drivers; Automotive engineering; Job shop scheduling; Material storage; Materials handling; Modeling; Production; Resource management; Throughput; Vehicle dynamics; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2006. WSC 06. Proceedings of the Winter
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0500-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0501-7
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2006.322978
