Open AccessSIMULATION MODELLING AND ANALYSIS FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF PRODUCTION CASE STUDY: JORDANIAN VEHICLES MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Author(s) -
Mohammad D. AlTahat,
Ammar A. Al-Rousan,
Mahmoud Z. Mistarihi,
Faten Al Shalabi,
Sajeda Abu-Bajah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta logistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.205
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1339-5629
DOI - 10.22306/al.v8i3.225
Subject(s) - production (economics) , production line , work (physics) , process (computing) , simulation modeling , resource (disambiguation) , manufacturing engineering , computer science , industrial engineering , production manager , simulation software , software , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer network , programming language , economics , macroeconomics , microeconomics , operating system
Modelling and analysing production lines are crucial for the research community and designers interested in increasing production utilisation and reducing costs. This paper aims to model and analyse a real production process of a Jordanian vehicles manufacturing company and improve production line resource utilisation using ARENA simulation software. The methodology used is simulation modelling to develop a new production line design. Performance measures are obtained from data given by the company management and direct observation of the production line. A suggested modified Arena simulation model is developed for the production line processes based on the collected data. Verification and validation analysis of the proposed model is done. Results show that the proposed model’s performance is better than the current one in terms of; overall total processing time, the overall waiting time, the overall work in process, and the overall utilisation.