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Title:

Development And Use Of A Generic AS/RS Sizing Simulation Model

Authors:

Srinivas Rajanna, Edward Williams, Onur M. Ülgen, Vaibhav Rothe

Published in:

 

(2012).ECMS 2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann. European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012 

 

ISBN: 978-0-9564944-4-3

 

26th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Shaping reality through simulation

Koblenz, Germany, May 29 – June 1 2012

 

Citation format:

Rajanna, S., Williams, E. J., Ülgen, O. M., & Rothe, V. (2012). Development And Use Of A Generic AS/RS Sizing Simulation Model. ECMS 2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann (pp. 549-555). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012-0549-0555

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2012-0549-0555

Abstract:

As usage of simulation analyses becomes steadily more important in the design, operation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing systems (and historically, manufacturing was the sector of the economy first eagerly embracing simulation technology), the incentive to construct generic simulation models amenable to repeated application increases. Such generic models not only make individual simulation studies faster, more reliable, and less expensive, but also help extend awareness of simulation and its capabilities to a wider audience of manufacturing personnel such as shift supervisors, production engineers, and in-plant logistics managers.

In the present study, simulation consultants and client manufacturing personnel worked jointly to develop a generic simulation model to assess in- line storage and retrieval requirements just upstream of typical vehicle final assembly operations, such as adding fluids, installing seats, emplacing the instrument panel, and mounting the tires. Such a final assembly line receives vehicles from the paint line. The generic model permits assessment of both in-line vehicle storage [ILVS] requirements and AS/RS [automatic storage/retrieval system] configuration and performance when designing or reconfiguring vehicle paint and/or final assembly lines. The AS/RS is the physical implementation of the ILVS. These assessments, at the user’s option, are based upon current production conditions and anticipated future body and paint complexities.

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