This article reviews literature on the application of Discrete Event Simulation (DES) and
optimisation methods for assembly systems. Data from papers is collated and classified …

For a paper manufacturer to remain competitive and sustainable, they must be able to
manufacture at a low production cost with minimum resource consumption. One such …

The aircraft assembly system is highly complex involving different stakeholders from multiple
domains. The design of such a system requires comprehensive consideration of various …

The first tool presented in this paper is a generic factory cost model that can estimate various
costs at multiple levels of any manufacturing plant. The model is activity-based which means …

This paper is devoted to the problem of planning and control of the labor intensity of
manufacturing aircraft gas-turbine engines (GTE) at the early stages of design. The paper …

Purpose: Just-In-Time (JIT) production has continuously been considered by industrial
practitioners and researchers as a leading strategy for the yet popular Lean production. Pull …

Many researchers have recognised a lack of common framework to support supply chain
modelling and analysis and proposed their solutions accordingly. Majority of the approaches …

The main purpose of this article is to illustrate a decision support system for the redesign of
an existing assembly facility in an automotive factory for new product introduction in a …

There are some complicated coupling relations among quality features (QFs) in
manufacturing process. Generally, the machining errors of one key feature may cause some …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to study and perform a system analysis of car
assembly line processes, to show productivity losses and their causes, and to derive a …