Dynamic production control of door manufacturing line at an automotive assembly plant

Author

Cong Zhao ; Yongzhen Lu ; Jingshan Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

17-20 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

398

Lastpage

403

Abstract

In this paper, an application study of dynamic control of a door manufacturing line at an automotive assembly making two types of products is introduced. A hybrid analytical/simulation method is presented, where the analytical model derives aggregated machines to characterize line performance, and by using the aggregated machines, the simulation model investigates the optimal control policy based on real-time status of the system. Recommendations on control policies to satisfy production volume and reduce starvation are provided to plant management.

Keywords

assembling; automobile manufacture; automotive engineering; doors; optimal control; production control; aggregated machines; automotive assembly plant; door manufacturing line; dynamic production control; hybrid analytical-simulation method; line performance characterization; optimal control policy; plant management; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Robots; Welding; Door manufacturing line; aggregation; dynamic control; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madison, WI

ISSN

2161-8070

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CoASE.2013.6653997

Filename

6653997