Analysis of the effects of flexibilities on scheduling a flexible manufacturing system using discrete-event simulation

Author

Joseph, O.A. ; Sridharan, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Coll. of Eng., Vadakara, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

1199

Lastpage

1203

Abstract

This paper focuses on a simulation-based experimental study of the effects of routing flexibility, sequencing flexibility and part sequencing rules on the performance of a typical Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). Three Routing Flexibility Levels (RFLs), five Sequencing Flexibility Levels (SFLs) and four Part Sequencing Rules (PSRs) are considered for detailed investigation. A discrete-event simulation model is developed to describe the operation of the FMS. The performance of the FMS is evaluated using measures related to flow time and tardiness of parts. The statistical analysis of the simulation results reveals that there is a significant interaction among RFL, SFL and PSR for all the performance measures.

Keywords

discrete event systems; flexible manufacturing systems; scheduling; statistical analysis; FMS; PSR; RFL; SFL; discrete-event simulation; discrete-event simulation model; flexible manufacturing system scheduling; part sequencing rules; routing flexibility levels; sequencing flexibility; sequencing flexibility levels; statistical analysis; Flexible manufacturing systems; Fluid flow measurement; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing; Routing; Sequential analysis; Time measurement; Flexible manufacturing system; discrete-event simulation; routing flexibility; sequencing flexibility;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962601

Filename

6962601