DocumentCode :
2747394
Title :
Application of simulation in process improvement of palm oil mill FFB production: A case study
Author :
Mohd-Lair, N.-A. ; Ching-Hui Chan ; Bih-Lii Chua ; Liew, W.Y.H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Inf. Technol., Univ. Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
fYear :
2012
fDate :
10-12 Sept. 2012
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
5
Abstract :
It is argued that simulation is the most widely used operation research technique in predicting the performance of a manufacturing process. However, it application in palm oil production process improvement seems to be rare. This research attempts to demonstrate the capability of simulation modeling in improving palm oil mill performance. Specifically, a fresh fruit bunch (FFB) plant for a local palm oil mill had been studied. Two simulation models representing the existing and improved plant had been developed and compared. The result showed 19.54% improvement in the palm oil mill performance. In addition, the developed simulation model can be used as a test bed for evaluating any future improvement before actual implementation carried out.
Keywords :
food products; manufacturing processes; production management; vegetable oils; fresh fruit bunch plant; local palm oil mill; manufacturing process; operation research technique; palm oil mill FFB production; palm oil mill performance; palm oil production process improvement; process improvement simulation; simulation modeling capability; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Industries; Manufacturing systems; Mathematical model; Optimization; Palm oil mill; mill optimisation; simulation modelling;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Statistics in Science, Business, and Engineering (ICSSBE), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Langkawi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1581-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSBE.2012.6396617
Filename :
6396617
Link To Document :
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