Open AccessDesign improvement of pallet in automotive industry
Author(s) -
Arfan Bakhtiar,
S. A. Puspitasari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1072/1/012056
Subject(s) - pallet , automotive industry , production (economics) , truck , manufacturing engineering , process (computing) , finished good , business , operations management , computer science , engineering , automotive engineering , marketing , economics , macroeconomics , aerospace engineering , operating system
In automotive manufacturing industry, supplies of different parts are required to construct products. Products are manufactured as per a company’s production targets, and in the effort to do so, some that are sent from suppliers must arrive on time and accordingly. The process of delivery incorporates the use of shuttles where parts are packed into pallets and then sent to warehouses. High demand yields high production that implies high trucking costs. The more pallets used in the transport of goods, the more shuttles are used and the higher the trucking costs. Based on observations of problems, the low effectiveness of the transporting process of goods, among others, is factored by the less than maximum pallet design giving rise to unused spaces within shuttles upon shipment.