Optimization and analyses of workstations which are either over-cycle or under-utilised

dc.contributor.advisorYadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma
dc.contributor.authorErasmus, Armand
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-30T13:35:14Z
dc.date.available2013-04-30T13:35:14Z
dc.date.created2012
dc.date.issued2013-04-30
dc.descriptionThesis (B Eng. (Industrial and Systems Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2012.en_US
dc.description.abstractFord Motor Company of Southern Africa has introduced a new product to the market. The production line of this product is still new and has stations which are not fully optimized. Daily demand is not even made when running the line overtime. Certain stations are not running inside the 2 minute cycle time, causing bottlenecks or line stopping on a regular basis. This proposal indicates the problem and the planning of how it will be dealt with. The project was covered throughout the whole year and was presented to management at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa as a suggestion but it isn’t intended to be implemented. By using Queuing Theory to determine buffer capacities and Yamazumi charts for line balancing, the congestion found on the production line was solved. This was verified by a simple simulation (via Excel and Simio). The buffer sizes need to be increase and operators’ elements need to be re-allocated.en_US
dc.format.extent54 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21416
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
dc.rightsCopyright: University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subjectMini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering)en_US
dc.subjectYamazumi chartsen_US
dc.subjectQueuing theoryen_US
dc.titleOptimization and analyses of workstations which are either over-cycle or under-utiliseden_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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