Practical simulation application: Evaluation of process control parameters in Twisted-Pair Cables manufacturing system

Amr Mahfouz, Said Ali Hassan, Amr Arisha

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Abstract

Intensive competition and rapid technology development of Twisted-Pair Cables (TPC) industry have left no room for competing manufacturers to harbour system inefficiencies. TPC are used in various communication and networks hardware applications; their manufacturing facilities face many challenges including various product configurations with different equipment settings, different product flows and Work in Process (WIP) space limitations. The quest for internal efficiency and external effectiveness forces companies to align their internal settings and resources with external requirements/orders, or in different words, significant factors must be set appropriately and identified prior to manufacturing processes. Integrated definition models (IDEF0, IDEF3) in conjunction with a simulation model and a design of experiments (DOE) have been developed to characterize the TPC production system, identify the significant process parameters and examine various production setting scenarios aiming to get the best product flow time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)471-482
Number of pages12
JournalSimulation Modelling Practice and Theory
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Design of experiment
  • IDEF modelling language
  • Simulation modelling
  • Twisted-Pair Cables

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