An integrated simulation with design on experiment approach for shop floor improvement solution selections

作者：Low Shye Nee; Kamaruddin Shahrul^*; Azid Ishak bin Haji Abdul

来源：European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2016, 10(4): 479-498.

DOI：10.1504/EJIE.2016.078143

• decision analysis
• design on experiment
• shop floor improvement
• solution selection
• Taguchi
• discrete event simulation
• DES

This paper highlights the decision process of evaluating and selecting shop floor improvement solution by integrating design of experiment (DOE) in a discrete event simulation (DES) environment. In this study, the approach is tested and verified using an improvement project of a case study. The simulated data from the basic simulation model were verified by comparing with the current production data of real scenarios through statistical t-test. Once it been verified, the basic simulation model were then only been modified according to the various proposed improvement solution. The most promising improvement solutions suggested reducing the 20% number of operators while increasing the 21.86% utilisation of operators in the system. Findings from the paper indicate that simulation with the DOE method can be used to assist in decision-making regarding the improvement alternatives of production system. It was useful in achieving continuous improvement in the manufacturing industry.

• 出版日期2016