DocumentCode
707067
Title
Assessment of productivity & availability in asynchronous production control
Author
Weidemann, Hans-Jurgen ; Harbach, Friedrich
Author_Institution
ABB Industrietechnik GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
fYear
1999
fDate
Aug. 31 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Firstpage
4313
Lastpage
4318
Abstract
The paper summarizes a methodology to analyze and assess the productivity and availability of production lines with asynchronous production control algorithms. The method is based on a discrete Monte-Carlo simulation of a complete line including component failures and production timing as well as spare parts supply and human resource planning. An example based on data collected in existing installations shows the application results of methodology and simulation.
Keywords
Monte Carlo methods; human resource management; maintenance engineering; production control; productivity; asynchronous production control; availability assessment; component failures; discrete Monte-Carlo simulation; human resource planning; production lines; production timing; productivity assessment; spare parts supply; Availability; Buffer storage; Maintenance engineering; Productivity; Timing; Welding; Availability; Production; Productivity; Simulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Control Conference (ECC), 1999 European
Conference_Location
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN
978-3-9524173-5-5
Type
conf
Filename
7100012
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