IE 561 MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

Bilkent University

Department of Industrial Engineering

Grading | Course Outline | Presentation Schedule

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Application of systems analysis and industrial engineering to the design, planning, and analysis of manufacturing systems. Principal topics include group technology and cellular manufacturing systems, just-in-time, flexible manufacturing systems and optimization strategies for discrete parts manufacturing. Elements of systems and their interaction with each other. Integration aspects of the elements of manufacturing systems and the factory reference models.

 

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. M. Selim Akturk

• Office: EA 306

• Office Hours: Tuesday 13:30-15:30

• Office Phone: 290-1360

 

TEXT

• R. G. Askin and C.R. Standridge, Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 1993.

• Selected Readings.

 

GRADING

• Term Paper 30 %
• Paper Presentations 15 %
• Homeworks 20 % ( Hw 3 ppt file)
• Class Participation 10 %
• Final 25 %

 

COURSE OUTLINE

Factory Reference Models (1 week)

• Hierarchical production planning systems, by Hax and Candea, Chap. 6 (Lecture notes)

(Homework Assignment #1)

Scheduling in Automated Manufacturing (2 weeks)

• Askin and Standridge, Chap. 4 (Lecture notes)

• Production Scheduling (Lecture notes)

• Heuristic procedures for scheduling job families with setups and due dates, by Baker
( pdf file)

• Rescheduling manufacturing systems: A framework of strategies, policies and methods, by Vieria, Herrman and Lin
( pdf file)

• Local search methods (Lecture notes)

Further Reading

• Cowling, P. and Johasson, M., 'Using real time information for effective dynamic scheduling', European Journal of Operational Research, 139, 230-244, 2002.

(Homework Assignment #2)

Group Technology (2 weeks)

• Askin and Standridge, Chap. 6 (Lecture notes)

• Next generation factory layouts: Research challenges and recent progress, by Benjaafar, Heragu and Irani
( pdf file)

• Designing a cellular manufacturing system: a materials flow approach based on operation sequences, by Vakharia and Wemmerlov

• A review of the modern approaches to multi-criteria cell design, by Mansour, Husseini and Newman
( pdf file)

• Management of Product Variety in Cellular Manufacturing Systems, by Akturk and Yayla (Lecture notes)
( pdf file)

Further Reading

• Offodile, O.F., Mehrez, A. and Grznar, J., 'Cellular manufacturing: A taxanomic review framework', Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 13 (3), 196-219, 1994.

• Sarker, B.R. and Xu, Y., 'Operation sequences-based cell formation methods: A critical survey', Production Planning and Control, 9 (8), 771-783, 1998.

(Homework Assignment #3)

Just-in-time and the Influence of Variability (2 weeks)

• `Overview of kanban systems, by Huang and Kusiak
( pdf file)

• An overview of design and operational issues of kanban systems, by Akturk and Erhun ( pdf file)

• The corrupting influence of variability, by Hopp and Spearman, Factory Physics, Chap. 9 (Lecture notes)

Further Reading

• Groenevelt, H., 'The just-in-time system', Handbooks in OR&MS, Vol.4, edited by S. C. Graves, A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan, and P. H. Zipkin (Elsevier Science Publishers), pp. 629-670, 1993.

• Krajewski, L.J., King, B.E., Ritzman, L.P. and Wong, D.S, 'Kanban, MRP, and shaping the manufacturing management', Management Science, 33 (1), 39-57, 1987.

• White, R.E., Pearson, J.N. and Wilson, J.R., 'JIT manufacturing: A survey of implementations in small and large U.S. manufacturers', Management Science, 45 (1), 1-15, 1999.

Flexible Manufacturing Systems (3 weeks)

• Askin and Standridge, Chap. 5 and Chap. 8 (Lecture notes)

• A synthesis of decision models for tool management in automated manufacturing, Gray et al. (Lecture notes)
( pdf file)

• A review of different approaches to the FMS loading problem, by Grieco, Semeraro and Tolio
( pdf file)

• Scheduling a flexible manufacturing system with tooling constraints: An actual case study, by Flanders and Davis
( pdf file)

Further Reading

• Crama, Y., 'Combinatorial optimization models for production scheduling in automated manufacturing systems', European Journal of Operational Research, 99 (2), 136-153, 1997.

(Homework Assignment #4)

Automated Material Handling Systems and AGVS (2 weeks)

• Askin and Standridge, Chap. 9 (Lecture notes)

• Robotic cell scheduling (Lecture notes)

• Automated guided vehicle systems (Lecture notes)

• Scheduling and routing algorithms for AGVs: A survey, by Qiu, Hsu, Huang and Wang
( pdf file)

• Scheduling of Automated Guided Vehicles in a Decision Making Hierarchy, (Lecture notes)
( pdf file)

Term Paper Presentations (1 week)

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

• Rescheduling manufacturing systems: A framework of strategies, policies and methods,
( Presented by Ipek Keles )

November 1

• Next generation factory layouts: Research challenges and recent progress, (Presented by Esra Aybar)

• Designing a cellular manufacturing system: a materials flow approach based on operation sequences, (Presented by Ekin Ergul)

November 8

• A review of the modern approaches to multi-criteria cell design, (Presented by Oguzhan Atasever)

• The corrupting influence of variability (Lecture notes)

November 15

• Overview of kanban systems, (Presented by Ozgur Ertok)

• An overview of design and operational issues of kanban systems, (Presented by Caglayan Karatas)

November 22

• Introduction to Flexible Manufacturing Systems (Lecture notes)

• A synthesis of decision models for tool management in automated manufacturing (Lecture notes)

November 29

• A review of different approaches to the FMS loading problem, (Presented by Petek Isik)

• Scheduling a flexible manufacturing system with tooling constraints: An actual case study (Presented by Berk Berberoglu)

April 28

• Automated guided vehicle systems: Applications, control and planning (Lecture notes)

• Scheduling and routing algorithms for AGVs: A survey, (Presented by Melih Camlioglu)

• Scheduling of Automated Guided Vehicles in a Decision Making Hierarchy, (Lecture notes)

December 13

• Term Paper Presentations

December 15

• Term Paper Presentations