Open AccessAssembly project management of a suspended conveyor
Author(s) -
Florin Blaga,
Iulian Stanăşel,
Alin Pop,
V Hule,
Dan Crăciun
Publication year - 2019
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/568/1/012012
Subject(s) - duration (music) , conveyor system , critical path method , manufacturing engineering , robot , computer science , resource (disambiguation) , project management , engineering , systems engineering , industrial engineering , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , art , literature , computer network
Modern manufacturing systems are characterized by the fact that they integrate various machines and work equipment, industrial handling robots, industrial robots performing technological operations (welding, riveting, painting, etc.), transfer systems (conveyors, conveyor belts, automated guided vehicle -AGV), storage systems and inspection stations. The paper presents the way in which the assembly project management of a suspended conveyor system was carried out. Critical path method was used. It has identified the assembly operations, the way they succeed in the technological process of assembly, the duration of the operations and the resources (labor force) necessary for their realization. This information has been processed through Microsoft Project resulting in critical activities (critical path), project duration, the ratio between the available and necessary resources (in the analyzed case a significant deficit of the machinist resource) and the corresponding costs. In order to solve the problem of resource requirements, two solutions were used: leveling resources and supplementing them in order to reduce the duration of critical activities. Finally, a version of the conveyor assembly project management resulted in a balance between costs and duration.