Title of article
SIMULATION STUDY IN REORGANIZING DISPATCHING LAYOUT TO MINIMIZE DISPATCHING TIME
Author/Authors
azlan, a. universiti teknikal malaysia melak - faculty of manufacturing engineering, Malaysia , saptari, a. universiti teknikal malaysia melaka - faculty of manufacturing engineering, malaysia , mohamad, e. universiti teknikal malaysia melak - faculty of manufacturing engineering, Malaysia , sukarma, lukman universiti teknikal malaysia melak - faculty of manufacturing engineering, Malaysia , salleh, m. r. universiti teknikal malaysia melak - faculty of manufacturing engineering, Malaysia , yahaya, s. h. universiti teknikal malaysia melak - faculty of manufacturing engineering, Malaysia
From page
17
To page
28
Abstract
Reorganizing a layout entails a major adjustment to current layout and a thorough planning is essential before a new layout implementation. This study is to reorganize current layout at dispatching area of a manufacturing industry which produced apparel products. Current arrangement at the dispatching area has brought to a poor efficiency rate of 48.74% that consumed 30.77 minutes to complete one dispatching job with a distance travel of 162.83 meters. Witness simulation study was used in this study and Facility Planning Process approach was applied in the experimental design to generate alternative layout. The results yielded that the alternative layout reduced the current time to 32.79% and consumed only 20.68 minutes to complete one dispatching job with a shorter distance travel of 109.44 meters.
Keywords
Layout planning , Facility planning process , Simulation
Journal title
Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Journal title
Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Record number
2593701
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