TY - GEN
T1 - Concurrent production engineering system for buffer size decision and FTL layout design
AU - Qudeiri, Jaber E.Abu
AU - Jamali, Mohamed Anouar
AU - Yamamoto, Hidehiko
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In this paper we propose a Concurrent Production Engineering System (COPES) for the flexible transfer line (FTL) layout design in a restricted area. COPES first determines the buffer size in front of the bay of each machine tool in the FTL and then initializes a computer aided design (CAD) system to draw the FTL in a restricted area. We develop a set of modules systems which have been integrated into a single framework, in accordance with the practice of concurrent engineering. Concurrent engineering involves the cooperation of these activities. It's expected that the developed COPES can improve the cooperation between production engineers' and the plant designer. This can be done by enabling the production engineers' to make better decision regarding FTL buffer size.
AB - In this paper we propose a Concurrent Production Engineering System (COPES) for the flexible transfer line (FTL) layout design in a restricted area. COPES first determines the buffer size in front of the bay of each machine tool in the FTL and then initializes a computer aided design (CAD) system to draw the FTL in a restricted area. We develop a set of modules systems which have been integrated into a single framework, in accordance with the practice of concurrent engineering. Concurrent engineering involves the cooperation of these activities. It's expected that the developed COPES can improve the cooperation between production engineers' and the plant designer. This can be done by enabling the production engineers' to make better decision regarding FTL buffer size.
KW - Buffer size
KW - CAD
KW - Concurrent engineering
KW - Flexible transfer line
KW - Production simulator
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSSSM.2006.320612
DO - 10.1109/ICSSSM.2006.320612
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:40649124226
SN - 1424404517
SN - 9781424404513
T3 - Proceedings - ICSSSM'06: 2006 International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management
SP - 197
EP - 202
BT - Proceedings - ICSSSM'06
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - ICSSSM'06: 2006 International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management
Y2 - 25 October 2006 through 27 October 2006
ER -