Title :
Re-engineering fiber optic production process by simulation, design for assembly line
Author :
Chattinnawat, Wichai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Chiang Mai Univ., Thailand
Abstract :
This research aims to re-engineer the process in order to improve both productivity and quality of LC Duplex connector optical fiber production line. This reengineering process research for fiber optic production process had adopted line balancing, design of assembly line and cellular manufacturing to improve the productivity and quality of the process. Simulation had been used as a mechanism for finding solutions of improvement. The design for assembly line adopts the optimization algorithm of minimizing the maximum between the operation times of each cells and its average. The results showed that the productivity was increased, line balancing efficiency was dramatically improved, and work in-process was reduced as well as the improvement in quality.
Keywords :
assembling; cellular manufacturing; design for manufacture; optical fibres; systems re-engineering; assembly line; cellular manufacturing; duplex connector optical fiber production line; fiber optic production process re-engineering; line balancing efficiency; operation times; optimization algorithm; productivity; Algorithm design and analysis; Assembly; Cellular manufacturing; Connectors; Design optimization; Optical design; Optical fibers; Process design; Production; Productivity; LC duplex connector; Re-engineering; design of assembly line; productivity improvement;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2008. IEEM 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2629-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2630-0
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738108
