Sustainable Production Line Evaluation Based on Evidential Reasoning

Abstract

Many production line imbalances have been observed in the pursuit of higher profits. A sustainable production line, also called balanced, leads to lower costs, good production environments, and green manufacturing. A decision analysis method, such as production line evaluation, is often employed to help decision makers make sustainable decisions. In this study, a sustainable decision-making model is proposed for the evaluation of engine manufacturing. To solve uncertainties in manufacturing industries while maintaining lower costs and an efficient production environment, evidential reasoning is used in order to evaluate the sustainable production line effectively. First, uncertainties in the engine production line and deficiencies in the existing methods for evaluating the sustainable production line are analyzed. Then, evidential reasoning evaluation of the sustainable engine production line model is proposed and an example is presented; to be specific, the analysis of three production line plans is conducted using evidential reasoning, and plan P 3 is found to be the best. Finally, a FlexSim simulation is used to prove the feasibility of evidential reasoning evaluation, verifying its suitability for achieving sustainable production line evaluation.

The Use of a Plate Conveyor for Transporting Aluminum Cans in the Food Industry

“…Whether or not a production process to be executed is capable of achieving the assumed performance parameters depends, among others, on the reliability of the machines and technological devices that make up the system under design [6]. Furthermore, a sustainable production line must also be balanced as it leads to lower costs, good production environments and green manufacturing [22].…”

“…In addition, transport conveyors are used in many industrial applications and logistics processes, among others: heavy industry [21,22], agriculture [17], food and processing industry [7], in sorting areas of courier companies [5,20], warehouse [19] etc.…”

Development of a Preventive Maintenance Strategy for an Automatic Production Line Based on Group Maintenance Method

“…An automatic production line is an important part of the manufacturing system in the modern industrial field owing to the enormous advantages of high yield, good product quality and labor cost saving [1][2][3]. However, due to the variety of machine, complex layout and structure, any machine failure may lead to the whole production line shutdown, resulting in enormous economic losses to the production enterprise.…”

A Simulação Computacional como Ferramenta de Suporte a Aplicação dos Conceitos do Lean Manufacturing

“…Com base nas orientações da metodologia do lean production, e dos conceitos da modelagem e simulação, a utilização do software flexsim ajuda a identificar os problemas de gargalos de um sistema logístico de produção real e otimizar seu layout, eliminando os problemas [7], ainda é usado para a avaliação de viabilidade de raciocínio, verificando sua adequação para a obtenção de avaliações sustentáveis [8]. A utilização do software fornece os dados originais, inserindo a modelagem, o modelo de operação para realizar o experimento de simulação e otimiza o sistema [9].…”