Optimal design of facility layout for manufacturing system

制造系统设施布局优化设计

• 批准号: 514473-2017
• 负责人: Ma, Yongsheng
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=640624
• 关键词: Optimal; design; facility; layout; manufacturing

Southland Trailer is a truck trailer manufacturer based in Lethbridge, AB. The company fabricates their entireproducts in-house. The current facility layout of the fabrication plant is non-optimal. It has been graduallyexpended over the past 20+ years, which, unfortunately, results in some legacy issues. The non-optimal facilitylayout is one of the most notorious. The current facility layout incurs non-value-adding material movements,which leads to low efficiency and productivity. An estimate of extra 4030 labor hours are spent annually onmoving materials and work in process (WIP) trailers through the facility due to the inefficiency of the currentfacility layout. It costs the company more than $250,000 yearly, the money of which could have been betterspent in value-adding business activities. In order to address this issue, Southland Trailer plans to build a newplant with the optimal plant layout within 2-3 years. The company intends to gain expertise in designingoptimal facility layout through this research project. Moreover, Southland Trailer also wants to explore otherpossible directions for collaborations, including looking for a new material to be used for the walls of theirenclosed cargo trailers, analyzing production flow and looking for possible improvement, and designing a newsuspension system.

Southland Trailer是一家位于AB Lethbridge的卡车拖车制造商。该公司在内部制造其全部产品。制造工厂的当前设施布局不是最佳的。在过去的20多年里，它已经逐渐扩大，不幸的是，这导致了一些遗留问题。非最优的设施布局是最臭名昭著的。目前的设施布局导致非增值的材料流动，导致效率和生产力低下。由于当前设施布局效率低下，估计每年要额外花费4030个工时来通过该设施移动材料和在制品（WIP）拖车。它每年花费公司超过25万美元，这笔钱本可以更好地用于增值业务活动。为了解决这个问题，Southland Trailer计划在2-3年内建立一个新工厂，并进行最佳的工厂布局。该公司打算通过这个研究项目获得设计最佳设施布局的专业知识。此外，Southland Trailer还希望探索其他可能的合作方向，包括寻找一种新材料用于封闭式货运拖车的墙壁，分析生产流程并寻找可能的改进，以及设计一种新的悬挂系统。