Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets

This paper introduces a systematic deterministic framework for planning and the analysis of facility layouts aimed at manufacturing a variety of parts, being components of specific end products. The essence of the proposed approach lies in the decomposition of a traditional job-shop into layout mod...

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Main Authors: Mieczyslaw S. Siemiatkowski, Mária Vargovská
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad del Bío-Bío 2019-04-01
Series:Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología
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Online Access:https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/view/3346
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author Mieczyslaw S. Siemiatkowski
Mária Vargovská
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description This paper introduces a systematic deterministic framework for planning and the analysis of facility layouts aimed at manufacturing a variety of parts, being components of specific end products. The essence of the proposed approach lies in the decomposition of a traditional job-shop into layout modules of generic material flow patterns, that inherently yields improved efficiency of the entire system. It entails the use of a relevant reasoning scheme based on production flow analysis and the method of hierarchical clustering of specified process routings for parts. The approach has been studied in the aspect of its application in an actual woodworking facility, dealing with fabrication of wooden toy sets. The respective workflows were subjected to the analysis in order to identify production bottlenecks using data derived from the real case study. As a result, the designated process layout alternatives have been evaluated in terms of assumed measures of the operational performance. An inseparable part of the research was exploring the capability for the optimum selection of a multi-part product mix , to be fabricated in defined time frames. In this regard, the usability as well as the computational efficacy of the integer linear programming modelling have been fully confirmed. The results gained show in particular that the suggested methodical scheme could be a useful tool in planning optimised manufacture of customised wood products of modular construction.
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spelling doaj.art-9b3b8a4dd04a41e291d9303d726829462024-01-15T18:30:50ZengUniversidad del Bío-BíoMaderas: Ciencia y Tecnología0717-36440718-221X2019-04-012123346Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction setsMieczyslaw S. SiemiatkowskiMária Vargovská This paper introduces a systematic deterministic framework for planning and the analysis of facility layouts aimed at manufacturing a variety of parts, being components of specific end products. The essence of the proposed approach lies in the decomposition of a traditional job-shop into layout modules of generic material flow patterns, that inherently yields improved efficiency of the entire system. It entails the use of a relevant reasoning scheme based on production flow analysis and the method of hierarchical clustering of specified process routings for parts. The approach has been studied in the aspect of its application in an actual woodworking facility, dealing with fabrication of wooden toy sets. The respective workflows were subjected to the analysis in order to identify production bottlenecks using data derived from the real case study. As a result, the designated process layout alternatives have been evaluated in terms of assumed measures of the operational performance. An inseparable part of the research was exploring the capability for the optimum selection of a multi-part product mix , to be fabricated in defined time frames. In this regard, the usability as well as the computational efficacy of the integer linear programming modelling have been fully confirmed. The results gained show in particular that the suggested methodical scheme could be a useful tool in planning optimised manufacture of customised wood products of modular construction. https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/view/3346Integer linear programmingmanufacturingnear-optimal process layoutproduct-mix selectionwood products
spellingShingle Mieczyslaw S. Siemiatkowski
Mária Vargovská
Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets
Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología
Integer linear programming
manufacturing
near-optimal process layout
product-mix selection
wood products
title Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets
title_full Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets
title_fullStr Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets
title_full_unstemmed Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets
title_short Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets
title_sort process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets
topic Integer linear programming
manufacturing
near-optimal process layout
product-mix selection
wood products
url https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/view/3346
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