Analysis and optimization of manufacturing operations using lean principles and knowledge discovery in databases

建设项目中的许多工作包或活动组可以组织到生产线中以产生特定的结果。例如，厨柜通常是根据客户需求设计的，并在受控工厂生产。韦斯特里奇橱柜面临着几个典型的建筑制造设施的挑战，处理广泛的产品定制。这些包括需要(i)开发一个健壮的工作流程，以考虑不同的客户类型和规模；（ii）分析当前的生产过程并识别瓶颈；（iii）改进和精简现有生产线，以优化不同相关流程的操作；综合最先进的解决办法，创造更安全的工作环境；(v)在满足客户需求的同时，加强产品设计，最大限度地减少材料和工艺浪费。拟议的研究结合了优化和模拟方法，以及对合作公司工厂施工管理技术的分析和评估。目标是通过在六个月的时间内分五个阶段进行拟议的研究来开发一个全面的框架：(1)研究和分析当前的生产过程和操作；(2)收集和分析生产数据；(3)找出不足之处和可能改进的地方；(4)提出改进建议并进行测试；(5)制定未来的研发战略。加拿大住宅和商业建筑部门将从这项研究中受益，该研究将精益原则应用于建筑规划、管理、控制和安全，从而通过提高完成率和减少延期订单来提高生产率和提高客户满意度。通过这项研究，成功的管理和改进将使行业合作伙伴能够在市场上竞争，同时也提供经过测试的方法/解决方案，使整个行业受益。

Many work packages, or groups of activities, within a construction project can be organized into productionlines to produce a specific outcome. For example, kitchen cabinets are normally designed as per customerneeds and manufactured in controlled factories. Westridge Cabinets faces several challenges typical ofconstruction manufacturing facilities that handle a wide range of product customization. These include the needto (i) develop a robust workflow to account for diverse customer types and sizes; (ii) analyze currentproduction processes and identifying bottlenecks; (iii) improve and streamline existing production lines tooptimize the operations of different interrelated processes; (iv) integrate state-of-the-art solutions to create asafer work environment; and (v) enhance product design to minimize material and process waste while meetingcustomer needs. The proposed research incorporates optimization and simulation methods as well as analysisand evaluation of construction management techniques at the collaborating company's plant. The goal is todevelop a comprehensive framework by conducting the proposed research in five stages over a period of sixmonths: (1) study and analyze current production processes and operations; (2) collect and analyze productiondata; (3) identify deficiencies and areas of possible improvements; (4) develop and test proposedimprovements; and (5) establish future research and development strategy. The Canadian residential andcommercial construction sector stands to benefit from this research applying lean principles to constructionplanning, management, control, and safety in order to improve productivity and increase customer satisfactionthrough increased fulfillment rate and reduced back-orders. Successful management and improvement throughthis research will enable the industry partner to compete profitably in the market while also providing testedmethods/solutions to benefit the industry in general.