Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the process of converting raw materials or components into finished goods that meet a customer’s set of requirements.

Manufacturing Challenges

To deliver the correct product at the required time, cost effectively
To schedule tasks and resources to optimize productivity
To streamline automation, storage and/or transport systems – AMHS
To balance lead time vs productivity
To respond to fluctuating demand
To build to order or build to stock

Simulation in manufacturing is a model linking machines, queues and operators which simulates parts moving from machine to machine.

The model can imitate aspects such as: cycle times, setups, downtime, planned maintenance, dispatching rules, yield by step. Also planned orders, material handling and buffering areas are modelled. From a data perspective, times and yields can be averages, real or based on a statistical distribution, resembling the expected reality.

Simulation can deal with Complicated interactions

When to use Simulation?

When you cannot predict what the effects of a change will be or how a proposed line might work. There are too many factors
To further understand a line or factory
To test a new or proposed system before investing in equipment
To refine an existing process

BEFORE YOU DO IT – MODEL IT

From this the models can be used to evaluate the impact on Lead-time, Utilisation, WIP levels and units produced. Simulation is specifically effective in dealing with complex flows, interactions between resources, planning on constraint management. Models can be used for existing or proposed Layout/Systems

Optimised a transport system that increased output by 15% and revenue by 40 million per year
Assisted in increasing factory capacity by 25% through improvements to transport logic
Reduced lead time by 25%, in a manual environment by improved co-ordination between areas
Designed scheduling rules for specialised equipment, which increased output by 5%
Proved a proposed change will work – often a model is used just to test a proposed syste

Simulation Ireland provides a full design service.

Materials Handling
Plant Layout
Cell Design
Staffing Levels
Capacity Planning
Production Line Design

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Simulation Ireland helped eircom completed repairs 16% sooner with 19% less resource, by using simulation modelling.

Simulation Ireland saved us 200,000 Euro in a two day project, using simulation modelling.

Simulation Ireland helped us re-design a high volume line and increased our output by 15% with minimal investment, using simulation modelling.

Simulation Ireland helped us gain a deeper understanding of our material handling systems in a short time, using Simulation Modelling.

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Manufacturing

Simulation in manufacturing is a model linking machines, queues and operators which simulates parts moving from machine to machine.

BEFORE YOU DO IT – MODEL IT

Eircom

Intel

HP

Hasbro