Enhancement of Productivity through Analysis & Modification of Existing Plant Layout at a Manufacturing Firm

Priyanka Yadav; Dr Suman Sharma

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V45P296

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Volume 45 | Number 4 | Year 2017 | Article Id. IJETT-V45P296 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V45P296

Enhancement of Productivity through Analysis & Modification of Existing Plant Layout at a Manufacturing Firm

Priyanka Yadav, Dr Suman Sharma

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Priyanka Yadav, Dr Suman Sharma, "Enhancement of Productivity through Analysis & Modification of Existing Plant Layout at a Manufacturing Firm," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 514-517, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V45P296

Abstract

With increasing demand in production, industrial factories must need to increase their potentials in production and effectiveness to compete in markets. Therefore, the way to solve the problem relating to the production is very important. This study of plant layout is done in B. Shankara Sales Organization, Agra which is a piston and piston ring manufacturing company of two and three wheeler vehicle. Throughout the study, the aim is to proposed new layout to this company to increase their productivity. In each workstation the processing time is different and the longest time consumption is workstation will be identified as a bottleneck workstation. The time is taken by stopwatch of each and every machine in the cell. In this study, application of Computer Aided tools is introduced which in this study is ARENA software. The related inputs are going to be simulated with this software. The goal of the thesis is to seek the best layout in terms of increasing productivity rate hence proposed to the company.

Keywords

Plant layout, Line Balancing and ARENA software.

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