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Title: |
Development
And Use Of A Generic AS/RS Sizing Simulation Model |
Authors: |
Srinivas Rajanna, Edward Williams, Onur M. Ülgen, Vaibhav Rothe |
Published in: |
(2012).ECMS
2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann. European
Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012 ISBN:
978-0-9564944-4-3 26th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Shaping reality through simulation Koblenz,
Germany, May 29 – June 1 2012 |
Citation
format: |
Rajanna, S., Williams, E. J., Ülgen, O. M., & Rothe, V.
(2012). Development And Use Of A Generic AS/RS Sizing Simulation Model. ECMS
2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann
(pp. 549-555). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012-0549-0555 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2012-0549-0555 |
Abstract: |
As
usage of simulation analyses becomes steadily more important in the design,
operation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing systems (and
historically, manufacturing was the sector of the economy first eagerly
embracing simulation technology), the incentive to construct generic
simulation models amenable to repeated application increases. Such generic
models not only make individual simulation studies faster, more reliable, and
less expensive, but also help extend awareness of simulation and its
capabilities to a wider audience of manufacturing personnel such as shift
supervisors, production engineers, and in-plant logistics managers. In the present study, simulation
consultants and client manufacturing personnel worked jointly to develop a
generic simulation model to assess in- line storage and retrieval
requirements just upstream of typical vehicle final assembly operations, such
as adding fluids, installing seats, emplacing the instrument panel, and
mounting the tires. Such a final assembly line receives vehicles from the
paint line. The generic model permits assessment of both
in-line vehicle storage [ILVS] requirements and AS/RS [automatic
storage/retrieval system] configuration and performance when designing or
reconfiguring vehicle paint and/or final assembly lines. The AS/RS is the
physical implementation of the ILVS. These assessments, at the user’s option,
are based upon current production conditions and anticipated future body and
paint complexities. |
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