TY - GEN
T1 - Using six sigma DMAIC methodology to develop a facility layout for a new production line
AU - Shaker Abualsaud, Abeer
AU - Ahmed Alhosani, Amna
AU - Youssef Mohamad, Aysha
AU - Nasser Al Eid, Fatimah
AU - Alsyouf, Imad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - To have an efficient and effective production system, it's crucial to give special attention to the layout of the facility. The main aim of this study is to use the Six Sigma Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) methodology to assess and improve the performance of an existing layout. Each phase will be discussed illustrating the basic engineering tools that will be used to achieve the project's objectives and identify the optimal layout design. The main results achieved were identifying the best layout design from four developed layout alternatives and choosing the optimal one that has the lowest cost and highest efficiency. In conclusion, by achieving the study objectives, we enhanced the working environment by applying facility planning tools to streamline the production processes and improve efficiency, performance and safety of the factory layout.
AB - To have an efficient and effective production system, it's crucial to give special attention to the layout of the facility. The main aim of this study is to use the Six Sigma Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) methodology to assess and improve the performance of an existing layout. Each phase will be discussed illustrating the basic engineering tools that will be used to achieve the project's objectives and identify the optimal layout design. The main results achieved were identifying the best layout design from four developed layout alternatives and choosing the optimal one that has the lowest cost and highest efficiency. In conclusion, by achieving the study objectives, we enhanced the working environment by applying facility planning tools to streamline the production processes and improve efficiency, performance and safety of the factory layout.
KW - Cost analysis
KW - DMAIC methodology
KW - Facility layout
KW - Facility planning
KW - Layout alternatives
KW - Layout design
KW - MCDM
KW - Reed's plant layout
KW - SLP
KW - Six-sigma
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85075029716
U2 - 10.1109/ICMSAO.2019.8880335
DO - 10.1109/ICMSAO.2019.8880335
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85075029716
T3 - 2019 8th International Conference on Modeling Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2019
BT - 2019 8th International Conference on Modeling Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 8th International Conference on Modeling Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2019
Y2 - 15 April 2019 through 17 April 2019
ER -