DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL MODELLING FOR OPTIMIZATION AND BOTTTLENECK ANALYSIS OF AN AUTOMOTIVE STAMPING USING PLANT SIMULATION

The main objective of the project is to perform bottleneck analysis, optimization for an automobile manufacturing layout using discrete event simulation method. An Automobile Manufacturing layout usually contains departments such as Stamping, BIW (Body in White), Painting, Assembly and Final Inspection. In this work, stamping department is selected to perform the bottleneck as well as optimization process. The simulation software Plant Simulation (Technomatix) is used to organize the lean manufacturing, flexible and efficient production process. The project validates the process performance, eliminating inefficiencies shortening lead times and increasing quality. Here, the project proposes an engineering of an ongoing re-enactment planning framework that consolidates the utilization of an instrument's tools with simulation and scheduling methods. The simulation study is focused on the validation of various options for increasing the total production quantity of the production system.