Agent-Based Production Scheduling for Aircraft Manufacturing Ramp-up

Vrba, Pavel; Harcuba, Ondrej; Klíma, Martin; Mařı́k, Vladimı́r

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22867-9_13

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“…Vrba et al (2015) 37 introduce a scheduling model implemented using agents for the ramp-up of aircraft manufacturing. The proposal relies on mathematical modelling and the resulting model is integrated within an overall Information Technology (IT) architecture.…”

Section: Mas Applications In Ramp-up Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Multi-Agent System to Support Multi-Variant Production Ramp-Up Management

Medini

Romero

Wuest

2021

Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems

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In the Industry 4.0 era, with increased demands for customization, numerous companies struggle to accommodate changes in their businesses and to keep up with the pace of digital transformation. It follows that introducing new products or services based on an existing configuration or a new design is becoming more frequent. Managing the production ramp-up phase carefully is therefore emerging as one of the most critical steps in the product lifecycle. Although several general strategies and high-level frameworks are available in recent ramp-up management literature, data-backed tools and frameworks that deal with this question are scarce. This article aims to bridge this gap by developing a multi-agent system (MAS) supporting ramp-up management strategies assessment in multi-variant production contexts. An MAS relies on the concept of an agent, which is an autonomous entity operating in a society of agents in order to contribute to a general goal. This article studies the method used to develop an MAS and illustrates its applicability through a case study in the furniture sector. The article highlights the reusability and flexibility of the development method and the relevance of the MAS to decision-makers during ramp-up planning.

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Section: Mas Applications In Ramp-up Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Multi-Agent System to Support Multi-Variant Production Ramp-Up Management

Medini

Romero

Wuest

2021

Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems

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“…The work (Vrba et al, 2015) describes the Airbus A350 assembly line organized as a sequence of several assembly stations. A solution is presented for scheduling the aircraft production during the ramp-up phase.…”

Section: P Pawlewskia and K Kluskamentioning

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Modeling and simulation of bus assem-bling process using DES/ABS approach

Pawlewski

Kluska

2017

ADCAIJ

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This paper presents the results of the project, which goal is to analyze the production process capability after reengineering the assembly process due to expansion of a bus production plant. The verification of the designed work organization for the new configuration of workstations on new production hall is necessary. To solve these problems authors propose a method based on mixing DES (Discrete Event Simulation) and ABS (Agent Based Simulation) approach. DES is using to model the main process -material flow (buses), ABS is using to model assembling operations of teams of workers. One of obtained goal is to build a simulation model, which presents the new assembly line in the factory, taking into ac-count the arrangement of workstations and work teams in the new production hall as well as the transport between workstations.Second goal is to present work organization of work teams and division of individual workers' labor (who belongs to a particular work team and performs operations on buses in a particular workstation) in order to determine the best allocation of tasks and the optimum size of individual work teams. Proposed solution enables to determine the effect of assembly interferences on the work of particular work teams and the efficiency of the whole production system, to define the efficiency of the designed assembly lines and proposing changes aimed at the quality improvement of the created conception.

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