Developing a decision support tool to optimize manufacturing for productivity and safeguarding the workforce against COVID-19

开发决策支持工具来优化制造以提高生产力并保护员工免受 COVID-19 的影响

• 批准号: 554472-2020
• 负责人: TAGHIPOUR, SHARAREH
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: Ryerson University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=705646
• 关键词: Developing; decision; support; tool; optimize

As Phase 1 of Ontario's 3-phase reopening of the economy just started, the government and health and safety associations have provided more than 90 workplace safety guidelines to help employers keep their workers safe and healthy while continuing their business operation. The guidelines are sector-specific aiming to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in various workplaces. For example, the guidelines for manufacturing sector provides instructions on physical distancing, workplace sanitation, and adjusting onsite production schedules. Given the workplace safety guidelines, manufacturers need to make hard decision of determining the right measures to minimize the pandemic health risk to their employees while still maintaining the continuity of their production. The objective of this research is to develop a decision support tool, which determines the optimal daily planning of the production and workforce in a manufacturing process. The decision support tool will maximize manufacturing health and safety and minimize the production loss due to not meeting the customers' demands during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that the implementation of the tool's recommended optimal plans will result in maximizing the safety of personnel, meeting the demand, and minimizing the production cost. The tool will help manufacturers adhere to the workplace safety guidelines and have their businesses running during the pandemic.

由于安大略省经济三阶段重启的第一阶段刚刚开始，政府和健康与安全协会已经提供了90多条工作场所安全指南，以帮助雇主在继续经营的同时确保工人的安全和健康。这些指导方针针对特定行业，旨在防止新冠肺炎在各种工作场所传播。例如，《制造业指南》提供了关于物理距离、工作场所卫生和调整现场生产计划的说明。 鉴于工作场所的安全指南，制造商需要做出艰难的决定，以确定正确的措施，将大流行对员工的健康风险降至最低，同时仍保持生产的连续性。这项研究的目的是开发一个决策支持工具，它确定制造过程中生产和劳动力的最优日常计划。决策支持工具将最大限度地提高制造业的健康和安全，并最大限度地减少因在新冠肺炎疫情期间未能满足客户需求而造成的生产损失。 预计该工具建议的最优计划的实施将使人员安全最大化，满足需求，并将生产成本降至最低。该工具将帮助制造商遵守工作场所安全指南，并在疫情期间让他们的业务运行。