Facility Layout Optimization Using Simulation: A Case Study of a Steel Utensils Industry
| Author(s) | : | Miss. Rashi Mathur, Dr. Dinesh Shringi, Dr. Arvind Kumar Verma |
| Institution | : | M. E. Mechanical Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Production and (Production and Industrial) M. B. M. Engineering College, Industrial Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jodhpur, I |
| Published In | : | Vol. 3, Issue 3 — March 2016 |
| Page No. | : | 507-513 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Facility Layout Problem (FLP) is one of the essential problems of several types of manufacturing and servicesector. It is an optimization problem on which the main objective is to obtain the efficient locations, arrangement andorder of the facilities. The utensils industry in this study is a typical instance of a work-flow shop based productionsystem. The efficiency of production system depends on how well the various machines, services production facilities andemployee’s amenities are located in a plant. This research paper aims to study and improve the current plant layout. Anattempt is made to simulate the current and the proposed factory layouts by using ARENA software. The efficiency of thecurrent and the proposed plant layouts are compared
Miss. Rashi Mathur, Dr. Dinesh Shringi, Dr. Arvind Kumar Verma, “Facility Layout Optimization Using Simulation: A Case Study of a Steel Utensils Industry”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 507-513, March 2016.
