TY - GEN
T1 - Using erp-driven flow analysis to optimize a constrained facility layout problem
AU - Beham, Andreas
AU - Kofler, Monika
AU - Wagner, Stefan
AU - Affenzeller, Michael
AU - Puchner, Walter
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are nowadays widely used in large companies and even starting to appear in small and medium sized businesses. These systems hold many enterprise specific aspects and store them in a machine readable format. In this paper we will show how to use job dependency and demand information extracted from the data of a certain ERP system to simulate the process and material flows in a given production scenario. Material flows are among the most expensive processes in manufacturing businesses since they do not increase the value of the manufactured goods. We will show how to use the simulated flow information to optimize the arrangement of work centers. This problem is defined as a constrained facility layout problem using several real-world constraints in order to find realistic solutions that are close to implementation. The goal is to reduce traffic and increase efficiency on the shop floor.
AB - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are nowadays widely used in large companies and even starting to appear in small and medium sized businesses. These systems hold many enterprise specific aspects and store them in a machine readable format. In this paper we will show how to use job dependency and demand information extracted from the data of a certain ERP system to simulate the process and material flows in a given production scenario. Material flows are among the most expensive processes in manufacturing businesses since they do not increase the value of the manufactured goods. We will show how to use the simulated flow information to optimize the arrangement of work centers. This problem is defined as a constrained facility layout problem using several real-world constraints in order to find realistic solutions that are close to implementation. The goal is to reduce traffic and increase efficiency on the shop floor.
KW - Constrained optimization
KW - Facility layout problem
KW - Material flow simulation
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M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 2952474788
SN - 9782952474788
T3 - 22th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2010
SP - 71
EP - 76
BT - 22th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2010
T2 - 22th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2010
Y2 - 13 October 2010 through 15 October 2010
ER -