The road train optimization problem with load assignment

EJ Araújo, M Darvish, J Renaud - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper studies the road train optimization problem with load assignments (RTOP–LA).
The RTOP–LA deals with assigning customers' demands to trailers delivered via regular …

Automotive robotic body shop simulation for performance improvement using plant feedback

A Pandian, A Ali - International Journal of Industrial and …, 2011 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper illustrates how to improve robotic automotive body shop throughput by feeding
back actual plant data for input variables for entities to improve discrete simulation model …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of system failures in a robotic assembly line-simulation modeling and DOE analysis

A Pandian, A Ali - … of the 2014 International Conference on …, 2014 - ieomsociety.org
This research paper demonstrates how to design and develop a simulation model for an
automated robotic assembly line production process. The layout consists of 10 process …

An improved model for production systems with mixed queuing priorities: an integrated simulation, AHP and value engineering approach

A Azadeh, M Haghnevis… - International Journal of …, 2009 - inderscienceonline.com
The objective of this study was to provide a scheduling solution for the mixed priority queues
discipline. This simulation model integrates Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Value …

Strategic role of capacity management in electricity service centre using Markovian and simulation approach

S Michael, V Mariappan - International Journal of Business …, 2012 - inderscienceonline.com
In today's competitive power market integrated with industrial growth, capacity management
becomes a perennial technical issue. Power utilities lose customers when they lack …

Investigation of maintenance assumptions for an automotive production line using simulation modeling

A Pandian, A Ali - 2015 International Conference on Industrial …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This research paper presents an interesting finding on assuming assembly line average
MTTR/MTBF data to predict the line throughput. A simulation modeling study is presented …

Capacity management of an electricity service centre using simulation

S Michael, V Mariappan - International Journal of Industrial …, 2011 - inderscienceonline.com
In today's competitive power market integrated with industrial growth, capacity management
becomes a perennial technical issue. Power utilities lose customers when they lack …

Simulating the impact of parcel size and bar code quality on the productivity of parcel sorting machines

A Dedeke, KT Hung - International Journal of Industrial and …, 2010 - inderscienceonline.com
The United States Postal Service (USPS) often has to upgrade legacy parcel sorting
machines that have not yet outlived their economic lives. At the time of this study, the USPS …

Modulized design and realistic implementation of digital X-ray machine for the industrial robot on campus

CS Wu, CK Wang, HP Huang - 2016 International Conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The realistic implementations and the systematic designs play increasingly important roles
in the modern manufacturing process since the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution …

An inflation-based maintenance profitability model

SA Oke, OI Oyedokun, OG Akanbi… - … Journal of Productivity …, 2008 - inderscienceonline.com
The maintenance profitability problem is an important but emerging concept of maintenance
performance measurement that views the maintenance function as a value adding …