A quantitative analysis of cellular manufacturing in apparel industry by using simulation

Purpose: This research, by using the SIMIO simulation platform, provides a quantitative and comparative analysis of how the efficiency of four different cell production modes is affected. It is hoped that the results will be of some help for garment factories to optimize their production lines. Desi...

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Autor: Pan, Guoqiang
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/16335
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/16335
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Cellular telephones
Production control--Cost effectiveness
Production control
Cell production
Apparel industry
Simulation
SIMIO
Producció -- Control
Telèfon mòbil
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d’operacions::Sistemes productius
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Resumo:Purpose: This research, by using the SIMIO simulation platform, provides a quantitative and comparative analysis of how the efficiency of four different cell production modes is affected. It is hoped that the results will be of some help for garment factories to optimize their production lines. Design/methodology/approach: The SIMIO simulation platform was employed in the research and comparisons were made of the simulation test results about the four popular cellular manufacturing modes. Findings: The operation mode, number of operators, and number of buffer areas are key factors affecting the production line efficiency, and need to be reasonably set to achieve the highest efficiency. Originality/value: As most research literature so far is qualitative, this research provided a simulation-based quantitative analysis of the production efficiency under different cell production modes.