{"title":"Studies on Lucrative Process Layout for Medium Scale Industries","authors":"Balamurugan Baladhandapani, Ganesh Renganathan, V. R. Sanal Kumar","volume":96,"journal":"International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering","pagesStart":3961,"pagesEnd":3966,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10000175","abstract":"<p>In this paper a comprehensive review on various<br \/>\r\nfactory layouts has been carried out for designing a lucrative process<br \/>\r\nlayout for medium scale industries. Industry data base reveals that the<br \/>\r\nend product rejection rate is on the order of 10% amounting large<br \/>\r\nprofit loss. In order to avoid these rejection rates and to increase the<br \/>\r\nquality product production an intermediate non-destructive testing<br \/>\r\nfacility (INDTF) has been recommended for increasing the overall<br \/>\r\nprofit. We observed through detailed case studies that while<br \/>\r\nintroducing INDTF to medium scale industries the expensive<br \/>\r\nproduction process can be avoided to the defective products well<br \/>\r\nbefore its final shape. Additionally, the defective products identified<br \/>\r\nduring the intermediate stage can be effectively utilized for other<br \/>\r\napplications or recycling; thereby the overall wastage of the raw<br \/>\r\nmaterials can be reduced and profit can be increased. We concluded<br \/>\r\nthat the prudent design of a factory layout through critical path<br \/>\r\nmethod facilitating with INDTF will warrant profitable outcome.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Shih-Pin Chen, Yi-Ju Hsueh, \u201cA simple approach to fuzzy critical path\r\nanalysis in project networks\u201d, Applied mathematical modelling 32,\r\n2008, pp. 1289-1297.\r\n[2] R.R. Yager, A procedure for ordering fuzzy subsets of the unit interval,\r\nInform. Sci. 24, 1981, pp.143\u2013161.\r\n[3] Pramod P, Shewale, Manmath S. Shete, S. M. Sane, \u201cImprovement in\r\nplant layout using systematic layout planning for increased\r\nproductivity\u201d, International journal of advanced engineering research\r\nand studies, Vol. I\/ Issue III, 2012, pp. 259-261.\r\n[4] J.A.Tompkins., et al., Facility Planning, Second Edition , John Wiley &\r\nSons, NY,1996.\r\n[5] R.Muther, Systematic Layout Planning, Second Edition , CBI Publishing\r\nCompany, Inc. Boston, 1973.\r\n[6] Finch, Byron J. Operations Now: Profitability, Processes,\r\nPerformance. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill\/Irwin, 2006.\r\n[7] Stevenson, William J. Operations Management. 8th ed., Boston:\r\nMcGraw-Hill\/Irwin, 2005.\r\n[8] D.N. Shivappa, Rohith, Abhijit Bhattacharya,\u201dAnalysis of casting\r\ndefects and identification of remedial measures \u2013 a diagnostic study\u201d,\r\nInternational journal of engineering inventions, Vol 1, Issue 6, October\r\n2012, pp. 1-5.\r\n[9] Binu Bose V, K N Anil Kumar, \u201cReducing rejection rate of casting\r\nusing simulation model\u201d, International journal of innovative research in\r\nscience, engineering and technology, vol. II, Dec. 2013, pp 589-597.\r\n[10] B\u00b4enab`es, J., Bennis, F., Poirson, E., and Ravaut, Y, \u201cInteractive\r\noptimization strategies for layout problems\u201d. International Journal on\r\nInteractive Design and Manufacturing, 2010, pp. 181\u2013190.\r\n[11] E.Anglada, A.Melendez, L.Maestro, I.Domiguez, \u201cAdjustment of\r\nNumerical simulation model to the investment casting process\u201d, The\r\nmanufacturing engineering society international conference, procedia\r\nengineering 63, 2013, pp. 75-83.\r\n[12] K. Siekanski, S. Borkowski, \u201cAnalysis of foundry defects and preventive\r\nactivites for quality improvements of castings\u201d, METABK 42, 2003, pp.\r\n57-59.\r\n[13] Jianxun Qi, Xiuhua Zhao, \u201cAlgorithm of finding hypo-critical path in\r\nnetwork planning\u201d, International conference on applied physics and\r\nindustrial engineering, physics procedia 24, 2012, pp. 1520-1529.\r\n[14] G.Almeida, J. Gonzalez, L.Rosado, P.Vilaca e telmo G.\r\nSantos,\u201dAdvances in NDT and materials characterization by eddy\r\ncurrents\u201d, Forty sixth CIRP conference on manufacturing systems,\r\nprocedia CIRP 7, 2013, pp. 359-364.\r\n[15] Roberto Poles,\u201dSystem dynamics modelling of a production and\r\ninventory system for remanufacturing to evaluate system improvement\r\nstrategies\u201d, Int. J. Production Economics 144, 2013, pp.189-199.\r\n[16] Paul W. Cleary, \u201dExtension of SPH to predict feeding, freezing and\r\ndefect creation in low pressure die casting\u201d, Applied Mathematical\r\nModelling 34, 2010, pp. 3189-3201.\r\n[17] L.Collini, A.Pirondi, R.Bianchi, M.Cova,P.P. Milella,\u201dInfluence of\r\ncasting defects on fatigue crack initiation and fatigue limit of ductile cast\r\niron\u201d, procedia engineering 10, 2011, pp. 2898-2903.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 96, 2014"}