Track: IE/OM in Asia

Abstract

This case study has been carried out on facility and process layout analysis in a manufacturing company (a small and medium enterprise). This XYZ company is a supplier and manufacturer of textile machines, parts & spares, conveyors, air handling machines, double bed fusing machines, electric and gas heaters etc. The company primarily deals with automobile parts & components, working as tier one supplier for two companies say company A & company B and tier two supplier for a company C. It is primarily a job shop company which caters to many different products with variability in demand. This paper demonstrates the effects of modifications in facility and process layout, on the productivity and cycle time using simulation. This study shows that there is a significant reduction of cycle time by better material handling leading to better productivity. The current and proposed process solutions were modelled, simulated and analyzed using ARENA simulation software.