For this costumer placed in Belfast, UK, simulation has been used to investigate the manufacturing process, to evaluate bottlenecks and to prepare the background for simulation based, in-line scheduling. The actual problem at the shop floor deals with synchronizing work flows and optimizing production in conjunction with customer orders . Over 1700 different kinds of orders can be manufactured ...

For this costumer placed in Belfast, UK, simulation has been used to investigate the manufacturing process, to evaluate bottlenecks and to prepare the background for simulation based, in-line scheduling. The actual problem at the shop floor deals with synchronizing work flows and optimizing production in conjunction with customer orders . Over 1700 different kinds of orders can be manufactured ...

Line balancing is an effective tool to improve the throughput of assembly line while reducing nonvalue-added activities, cycle time. LB is the problem of assigning operation to workstation along an assembly line, in such a way that assignment is optimal in some sense. This paper mainly focuses on improving overall efficiency of single model assembly line by reducing the non value added activiti...

In many real life situations (such as the passport control system in Tel Aviv airport, department stores, and more) parallel queues are formed in front of control stations. Typically, some of the stations are manned while others are not. As the queues build up, management assigns additional officers to the unmanned stations. When this happens—some people move to the newly manned queues from nea...

This paper describes the project undertaken by DSO National Laboratories to demonstrate convoy movement involving a manned vehicle and two Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) along roads and dirt tracks at speeds up to 35 km/h and 20 km/h respectively. The project work included development of UGV hardware, vehicle controller, sensor suite comprising of short and long range sensors, and high speed n...

With the growth in customers’ demand diversification, mixed-model U-lines (MMUL) have acquired increasing importance in the area of assembly systems. There are generally two different approaches in the literature for balancing such systems. Some researchers believe that since the types of models can be very diverse, a balancing approach without simultaneously sequencing of models will not yield...

Mixed model two-sided assembly lines (MM2SAL) are applied to assemble large product models, which is produced in high-volume. So, the sequence planning of products to reduce cost and increase productivity in this kind of lines is imperative. The presented problem is tackled in two steps. In step 1, a framework is developed to select and prioritize customer orders under the finite capacity of th...