Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on Arena

Firm’s efficiency and competitiveness are two important challenges in today’s global market that have motivated many manufacturing firms to plan novel manufacturing management strategies. Nowadays, simulation models have been used to assess different aspects of manufacturing systems. This paper intr...

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Main Authors: Abrishami Salman Jameh, Zeraatkar Mohammad, Esrafilian Rasoul, Vafaei Seyyed Amir, Zahraee Seyed Mojib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201822501004
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spelling doaj-5d60d8f8a800409680e03b5cb7f6fe152021-02-02T08:47:40ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2018-01-012250100410.1051/matecconf/201822501004matecconf_ses2018_01004Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on ArenaAbrishami Salman JamehZeraatkar MohammadEsrafilian RasoulVafaei Seyyed AmirZahraee Seyed MojibFirm’s efficiency and competitiveness are two important challenges in today’s global market that have motivated many manufacturing firms to plan novel manufacturing management strategies. Nowadays, simulation models have been used to assess different aspects of manufacturing systems. This paper introduces a welding unit of a manufacturing line of heater production as a case study and the basic application of the ARENA software. The main goal of this paper is increasing the productivity of the production line by using computer simulation. To achieve this goal, three various scenarios are compared and suggested to obtain the better improvement in productivity.https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201822501004
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Zeraatkar Mohammad
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Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on Arena
MATEC Web of Conferences
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Zeraatkar Mohammad
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Vafaei Seyyed Amir
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title Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on Arena
title_short Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on Arena
title_full Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on Arena
title_fullStr Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on Arena
title_full_unstemmed Application of Computer Simulation for Productivity Improvement of Welding Unit in a Heater Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study Based on Arena
title_sort application of computer simulation for productivity improvement of welding unit in a heater manufacturing industry: a case study based on arena
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series MATEC Web of Conferences
issn 2261-236X
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Firm’s efficiency and competitiveness are two important challenges in today’s global market that have motivated many manufacturing firms to plan novel manufacturing management strategies. Nowadays, simulation models have been used to assess different aspects of manufacturing systems. This paper introduces a welding unit of a manufacturing line of heater production as a case study and the basic application of the ARENA software. The main goal of this paper is increasing the productivity of the production line by using computer simulation. To achieve this goal, three various scenarios are compared and suggested to obtain the better improvement in productivity.
url https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201822501004
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