Title :
Simulation of closed-loop manufacturing systems focused on material balances
Author :
Soma, Masayuki ; Kondoh, Shinsuke ; Umeda, Yasusi
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan
Abstract :
For achieving sustainable circulation of products, closed-loop manufacturing systems where products are made from used products, parts and materials taken back from the market, as well as new ones, should be established. Focusing on factories, the complicated fluctuations of amount, quality, and timing of these taken-back resources make effective planning and control of these factories very difficult. The purpose of this study is to derive rules and conditions for operating these closed-loop factories efficiently, through a simulation focused on material flow, with these various kinds of fluctuations. As a result of the simulation, we found that the capacity of inverse processes and criteria for parts reuse decide the smoothness of the material flow.
Keywords :
manufacturing industries; manufacturing systems; production control; production planning; simulation; closed loop factories; closed loop manufacturing systems; material balances; material flow; production control; production planning; simulation; Manufacturing; Production control; Simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2003. EcoDesign '03. 2003 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8590-x
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2003.1322644