 Simulation-based comparative analysis of the performance of a flexible manufacturing system operating under part movement policy and tool movement policyN. Suresh Kumar and R. Sridharan International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2011, vol. 9, issue 4, 388-411 Abstract: This paper focuses on the simulation studies conducted to evaluate the performance of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) operating under two different scenarios: part movement policy and tool movement policy. A typical configuration of an FMS is considered for the purpose of experimentation. A discrete-event simulation model of the FMS is developed for each of the two scenarios. A number of scheduling rules are incorporated in the simulation model for part scheduling decision. The performance measures considered are mean flow time, mean tardiness, percentage of tardy parts and mean utilisation of machines. The simulation results are subjected to statistical analysis. For the FMS considered in this study, tool movement policy is found to perform significantly better when compared with the part movement policy. Keywords: FMSs; flexible manufacturing systems; part movement; tool movement; scheduling rules; comparative analysis; system performance; discrete-event simulation models; flow times; tardiness; tardy parts; machine utilisation; movement policies; industrial engineering; systems engineering. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijisen:v:9:y:2011:i:4:p:388-411 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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