Material handling resource utilization simulation study for stamping plant

Authors:
Edward J. Williams;Onur M. Ulgen;Sheldon Bailiff;Ravindra Lote
Affiliations:
University of Michigan - Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan;University of Michigan - Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan;Production Modeling Corporation, Dearborn, Michigan;Production Modeling Corporation, Dearborn, Michigan
Venue:
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper describes the application of dynamic simulation to evaluate material handling resource utilization for a stamping plant in the automotive industry. The other objective of this study was evaluation of throughput relative to press schedules, shift patterns, the number of material handling resources (i.e. fork truck and tugger train drivers), and storage inventory levels. This dynamic simulation study enabled plant managers to balance the driver utilization with respect to time and to accommodate typical press schedules to achieve desired throughput levels.