Degree Type
Creative Component
Semester of Graduation
Fall 2020
Department
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
First Major Professor
Guiping Hu
Degree(s)
Master of Science (MS)
Major(s)
Industrial Engineering
Abstract
Globalization has led to a significant effect on today's manufacturing sector. Manufacturers need to find new and innovative ways to increase efficiency and reduce waste in the manufacturing supply chain. Lean/six sigma tools can help companies increase production efficiency and stay competitive. Manufacturing in smaller batches can keep the supply chain lean and customizable. This leads to frequent changeovers and downtime. A changeover is usually required when a single machine produces different products based on the requirement. A large-scale industry can either install multiple individual production lines to cater to the demand (usually expensive) or make frequent machinery changes. Single Minute Exchange Die (SMED) is a system designed for reducing the changeover time for machines. This paper proposes a model for production scheduling in a machine changeover and discusses its implementation in the stages of SMED. The paper further illustrates the viability and benefit of the proposed model. This results in a benefit-to-cost ratio of 7.5 for production scheduling compared to that of stage 5 in SMED, which is 1.2.
Copyright Owner
Parwani, Viren
Copyright Year
2020
File Format
Embargo Period (admin only)
12-4-2020
Recommended Citation
Parwani, Viren, "Improving Manufacturing Supply Chains by Integrating Lean Six Sigma and Production Scheduling" (2020). Creative Components. 671.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/creativecomponents/671
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Included in
Industrial Engineering Commons, Other Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering Commons
