This paper presents a simulation study aimed at evaluating the performances of a typical Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) problems in terms of make span, average flow time, average delay time at local buffers and average machine utilization, subject to different control strategies which include routing flexibilities and dispatching rules. The routing strategies under evaluation are ‘No Alternative Routings (NAR)’; ‘Alternative Routings Dynamic (ARD)’; and ‘Alternative Routings Planned (ARP)’. The ARP rule was introduced into the FMS and coded with C++ program. The above routing strategies are combined with five dispatching rules and studied in different production volumes. Since an FMS usually deals with a variety of products, effects of changing the part mix ratio are also discussed. Simulation study was performed by using ARENA software. Finally results indicate that the ‘alternative routings planned’ strategy outperforms other routing strategies in general.
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ASME 2014 12th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
July 25–27, 2014
Copenhagen, Denmark
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A Simulation Study of Flexible Manufacturing System Using Dynamic Scheduling Approach
Vijay Kumar Mahalingam
Vijay Kumar Mahalingam
JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore, KA, India
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JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore, KA, India
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ESDA2014-20484, V001T06A011; 5 pages
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October 23, 2014
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Mahalingam, VK. "A Simulation Study of Flexible Manufacturing System Using Dynamic Scheduling Approach." Proceedings of the ASME 2014 12th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. Volume 1: Applied Mechanics; Automotive Systems; Biomedical Biotechnology Engineering; Computational Mechanics; Design; Digital Manufacturing; Education; Marine and Aerospace Applications. Copenhagen, Denmark. July 25–27, 2014. V001T06A011. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ESDA2014-20484
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