Dock Analysis for Lean Material Delivery - An Automotive Case Study Ecostar Electric Drive Systems

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Azim, Muhammad A., author.

Conference Name:

SAE Automotive Manufacturing Conference & Exposition (2000-06-05 : Dearborn, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2000

Summary:

This paper discusses the challenging aspects of dock design to support a just-in-time material delivery system in an automotive body shop. The manufacturing processes and the material delivery system in the body shop were designed with lean manufacturing principle. As a result, internal storage areas were eliminated, non-value added man-power was reduced as much as possible, line side inventory was kept to a minimum, and operating cost of the material delivery system was minimized through the design of a hybrid system consisting of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) and Fork Trucks. The critical parameters of the system were evaluated and established through detailed discrete event simulation

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Publisher Number:

2000-01-2222

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Restricted for use by site license