A SIMULATION STUDY OF A MUILTI-SITE PRODUCTION PLANT USING ARENA

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

António Carvalho Brito (Author) FEUP; Carlos Bragança de Oliveira (Author) FEUP; Marques, PS (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: EUROPEAN SIMULATION AND MODELLING CONFERENCE 2011

Pages: 125-+

25th European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM 2011)

Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, OCT 24-26, 2011

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Authenticus ID: P-009-CM6

Abstract (EN): The evolution in demand is leading industry market to seek for product orders in smaller lots and shorter deadlines. A need therefore arises to adapt industry production to these market changes. A portuguese plumbing and bath accessories company decided to study a new organization layout for its multi-site production plant. The objective was to evaluate different organization scenarios in order to rationalize the floor layout and reduce costs. This Paper presents a study to evaluate different scenarios for a multi-site production plant using the Arena simulation software tool. The simulation model uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to dynamically generate the simulation model. The product data is read from Excel spreadsheets or text files. Autocad is used for defining the plant layout and generating the working center coordinates. The Autocad drawing is used as the simulation background allowing the display of a realistic scaled animation.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 2