A Methodology to Evaluate Complex Manufacturing Systems through Discrete-Event Simulation Models

Abstract:

This paper proposes a methodology to analyze complex manufacturing systems, based on discrete-event simulation models. The methodology was validated by performing different simulation experiments and will be applied to a multistage multiproduct production line, based on a real case, with a closed-loop network configuration of machines and intermediate buffers consisting of conveyors, which is very common in the automobile sector. A simulation model in an Arena environment was developed, which allowed for an analysis of the important aspects not yet studied in specialized literature, namely the assessment of the impact of the production sequence on the automobile assembly line. Various sequence rules were analyzed and the performance of each of the corresponding simulation models was registered.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 502)
• Pages: 7-12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.502.7
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Luis Pinto Ferreira, Enrique Ares, G. Peláez, M. Marcos, M. Araújo
• Keywords: Automobile Assembly Lines, Manufacturing, Simulation

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