Applying simulation to assist the planning and design of semiautomated manufacturing cells: a case study

Felix T.S. Chan; Essie Bidhendi

doi:10.1117/12.217491

28 August 1995 Applying simulation to assist the planning and design of semiautomated manufacturing cells: a case study

Felix T.S. Chan, Essie Bidhendi

Proceedings Volume 2620, International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217491
Event: International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing, 1995, Wuhan, China

Abstract

This paper describes an application of simulation modeling to enhance system performance in the semi-automated lamps manufacturing industry with a recently developed multiattribute decision analysis. Multiattribute decision techniques seem to provide an easily understood, yet comprehensive, set of quantitative and qualitative approaches to justify advanced manufacturing systems. Much has been written about the use of multiattribute decision application models to evaluate manufacturing technologies. Simulation modeling approach is developed for planning and scheduling of a semi-automated manufacturing system, hence the qualitative and quantitative multiattribute factors of the manufacturing system are evaluated. A new proposal is developed to achieve a high level of productivity of plant and minimize the makespan and cost of production. An experimental comparison is performed on the effectiveness of the proposed system through a real life case study.

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Felix T.S. Chan and Essie Bidhendi "Applying simulation to assist the planning and design of semiautomated manufacturing cells: a case study", Proc. SPIE 2620, International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing, (28 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217491

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