Selection of the most suitable material handling system in production

Tomaž Berlec (Author), Blaž Tanšek (Author), Janez Kušar (Author)

Abstract

When building a new company or optimising an existing one, material handling (MH) is often forgotten. Therefore, the paper presents a decision tree, on the basis of which it is possible to select the most suitable MH system by simulation depending on the selected production parameters. Such a simulation can greatly facilitate the selection of the most suitable MH system which will ensure minimal time consumption and still acceptable costs. To perform the simulation, a generalised production system model for 5 different MH systems was created in the FlexSim software, with which 32 different scenarios could be simulated depending on the selected production parameters, tested in a production facility of injection moulded components for the automotive industry. The data obtained from the simulations were then used to analyse the influence of the selected parameters on possible MH systems. For all potential scenarios, the solutions of which are acceptable for MH, a cost-benefit analysis was performed. Based on the analysis, a difference of 75 % between the most and least favourable scenarios was established.

Keywords

production;material handling systems;simulation;optimisation;cost-benefit analysis;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
UDC:	658.2/.5(045)
COBISS:	54449411
ISSN:	1726-4529
Views:	296
Downloads:	96
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	proizvodnja;rokovanje z materialom;simulacija;optimizacija;analiza koristi;analiza stroškov;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 64-75
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ20
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ1
Chronology:	Mar. 2021
DOI:	10.2507/IJSIMM20-1-542
ID:	12628684