Upsizing manufacturing line in vietnamese industrial plants: A simulation approach

Abstract

Vietnamese industrialists have understood that simulation studies can help to form a more reliable manufacturing line than conventional methods that for the most based upon engineering experiences. However, the use of simulation has not been applied in designing the manufacturing line, and a confident method of designing a new manufacturing line or modifying the capacity of a current manufacturing line (CML) has remained a task in Vietnamese industrial plants. The main purpose of this research is to propose a new perspective of a simulation study in Vietnamese industry from an empirical point of view to implement the framework for designing a manufacturing line. The second purpose is to introduce the method and analytical procedures of modifying a CML utilized by a linear programming (LP) model for selecting. The proposed method was applied in an actual design project to confirm the feasibility of the framework. 1835 978-1-4799-3950-3/13/$31.00 ©2013 IEEE