Material Flow Improvement in Automated Assembly Lines Using Lean Logistics

Abstract This article deals with issues related to the flow of material to the assembly line and examines the possibilities of reducing the costs of this process. It is based on the current state of the transport of individual parts to the producing company and the storage system using Kanban and Just in Sequence (JIS) logistics technologies, and the subsequent collection of material for transport to the assembly line. The change in the system of transport technology has led to a reduction of the total storage space and costs, and at the same time, the processes related to storage and collection of parts have been simplified. The whole process of material flow to the assembly line is solved using the real supply system via the JIS technology, together with the system of receipt and storage of components in connection with individual operations during the handling and storage of these components, and their picking and transport to the assembly line. Evidently, the change in the system and the associated savings can also be employed to warehouses and manufacturing companies of the automotive industry, which use automated assembly lines with the timing of the assembly process of the final product.

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Working Situation Reference Model for Risk Assessment on Automated Assembly Lines

Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference ◽

10.3850/978-981-14-8593-0_3970-cd ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Romain Duponnois ◽

Pascal Lamy ◽

Eric Levrat ◽

Ali Siadat

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Reference Model ◽

Assembly Lines ◽

Automated Assembly ◽

Working Situation

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Efficient material flow in mixed model assembly lines

SpringerPlus ◽

10.1186/2193-1801-2-415 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Mohammed Alnahhal ◽

Bernd Noche

Keyword(s):

Material Flow ◽

Mixed Model ◽

Assembly Lines ◽

Mixed Model Assembly Lines ◽

Mixed Model Assembly

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Evaluation of System Reconfigurability Based on Usable Excess

Volume 2B: 40th Design Automation Conference ◽

10.1115/detc2014-34298 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeffrey D. Allen ◽

Jason D. Watson ◽

Christopher A. Mattson ◽

Scott M. Ferguson

Keyword(s):

Communication Systems ◽

Assembly Line ◽

Assembly Lines ◽

Automated Assembly ◽

Complex Engineered Systems ◽

Future Needs ◽

Key Factor ◽

Long Time ◽

Engineered Systems ◽

Over Time

The challenge of designing complex engineered systems with long service lives can be daunting. As customer needs change over time, such systems must evolve to meet these needs. This paper presents a method for evaluating the reconfigurability of systems to meet future needs. Specifically we show that excess capability is a key factor in evaluating the reconfigurability of a system to a particular need, and that the overall system reconfigurability is a function of the system’s reconfigurability to all future needs combined. There are many examples of complex engineered systems; for example, aircraft, ships, communication systems, spacecraft and automated assembly lines. These systems cost millions of dollars to design and millions to replicate. They often need to stay in service for a long time. However, this is often limited by an inability to adapt to meet future needs. Using an automated assembly line as an example, we show that system reconfigurability can be modeled as a function of usable excess capability.

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A Comment on “Buffer Space Allocation in Automated Assembly Lines”

Operations Research ◽

10.1287/opre.39.5.857 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 39 (5) ◽

pp. 857-860 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

John O. McClain ◽

Douglas R. Moodie

Keyword(s):

Assembly Lines ◽

Automated Assembly ◽

Buffer Space ◽

Space Allocation

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Automatisierte digitale Anlagenplanung*/Automated digital facility design - Method for automated assembly line planning

wt Werkstattstechnik online ◽

10.37544/1436-4980-2017-09-20 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 107 (09) ◽

pp. 582-589

Author(s):

J. Michniewicz ◽

D. Leiber ◽

F. Riedl ◽

H. Erdogan ◽

M. Hörmann ◽

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Keyword(s):

Assembly Line ◽

Design Method ◽

Life Cycles ◽

Assembly Lines ◽

Automated Assembly ◽

Product Model ◽

Line Planning ◽

Digital Product ◽

Planning Decisions ◽

Planning Approach

In der Produktion technischer Erzeugnisse sind Montageanlagen heute weit verbreitet. Durch immer kürzer werdende Produktlebenszyklen und die zunehmende Variantenvielfalt steigt auch die Zahl der durchzuführenden Anlagen(um)planungen. Vorgestellt wird ein Konzept, um automatisiert Entwürfe für Montageanlagen zu generieren. Auswahl und Anordnung der benötigten Betriebsmittel erfolgen dabei ausgehend von einem digitalen Modell des Produktes sowie einer Bibliothek verfügbarer Ressourcen. Die getroffenen Planungsentscheidungen werden simulativ abgesichert und heuristisch optimiert.   Nowadays, assembly lines are widely used for the production of goods. Due to shorter life cycles and increasing variance of products to be manufactured, assembly systems have to be (re)configured more frequently. This paper presents a concept to automatically generate drafts of complete assembly lines. Basis for the planning approach is a library of available resources and a digital product model. An algorithm selects, combines and arranges suitable resources. The planning decisions are heuristically optimized and verified by simulation.

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