Modeling and simulation of bus assembling process using DES/ABS approach
Authored by P Pawlewski, K Kluska
Date Published: 2017
DOI: 10.14201/adcaij2017615972
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Abstract
This paper presents the results of the project, which goal is to analyze
the production process capability after reengineering the assembly
process due to expansion of a bus production plant. The verification of
the designed work organization for the new configuration of workstations
on new production hall is necessary. To solve these problems authors
propose a method based on mixing DES (Discrete Event Simulation) and ABS
(Agent Based Simulation) approach. DES is using to model the main
process - material flow (buses), ABS is using to model assembling
operations of teams of workers.
One of obtained goal is to build a simulation model, which presents the
new assembly line in the factory, taking into ac-count the arrangement
of workstations and work teams in the new production hall as well as the
transport between workstations. Second goal is to present work
organization of work teams and division of individual workers' labor
(who belongs to a particular work team and performs operations on buses
in a particular workstation) in order to determine the best allocation
of tasks and the optimum size of individual work teams. Proposed
solution enables to determine the effect of assembly interferences on
the work of particular work teams and the efficiency of the whole
production system, to define the efficiency of the designed assembly
lines and proposing changes aimed at the quality improvement of the
created conception.
Tags
Simulation
Agent Based Modeling
Assembling
Production plant