A study on a poly-bag manufacturing system preliminary analysis and simulation

Author

Gopura, R.A.R.C. ; Jayawardene, T.S.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Textile & Clothing Technol., Univ. of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

fYear

2009

fDate

28-31 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

551

Abstract

The material prices of poly bags increase with high degree of fluctuation and forecasters see no end to this trend. Further, legal restrictions imposed on certain types of polythene products adversely affect the demand. In the light of the above, entrepreneurs of the poly bag manufacturing face many challenges. In this study, an analysis and a simulation of a poly bag manufacturing system were carried out to improve the productivity to face the underlying challenges. This paper presents analysis, modeling and simulation methods of the system. In addition, a risk prioritization method was proposed at the preliminary analysis and also a simulation tool was developed.

Keywords

bags; manufacturing systems; plastic products; plastics industry; productivity; risk analysis; legal restriction; poly-bag manufacturing system; polythene products; productivity; risk prioritization method; Analytical models; Buffer storage; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Mathematical model; Polyethylene; Polymer films; Printing machinery; Risk analysis; Semiconductor device modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2009 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sri Lanka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4836-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4837-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429802

Filename

5429802