Selection of the most suitable material handling system in production

Berlec, Tomaž (author), Tanšek, Blaž (author), Kušar, Janez (author)

When building a new company or optimising an existing one, material handling (MH) is often forgotten. Therefore, the paper presents a decision tree, on the basis of which it is possible to select the most suitable MH system by simulation depending on the selected production parameters. Such a simulation can greatly facilitate the selection of the most suitable MH system which will ensure minimal time consumption and still acceptable costs. To perform the simulation, a generalised production system model for 5 different MH systems was created in the FlexSim software, with which 32 different scenarios could be simulated depending on the selected production parameters, tested in a production facility of injection moulded components for the automotive industry. The data obtained from the simulations were then used to analyse the influence of the selected parameters on possible MH systems. For all potential scenarios, the solutions of which are acceptable for MH, a cost-benefit analysis was performed. Based on the analysis, a difference of 75 % between the most and least favourable scenarios was established.

• Language: English
• Keywords: production, material handling systems, simulation, optimisation, cost-benefit analysis
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 64-75
• Numbering: Vol. 20, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-125233
• UDC: 658.2/.5(045)
• ISSN on article: 1726-4529
• DOI: 10.2507/IJSIMM20-1-542
• COBISS.SI-ID: 54449411
• Publication date in RUL: 09.03.2021

BERLEC, Tomaž, TANŠEK, Blaž and KUŠAR, Janez, 2021, Selection of the most suitable material handling system in production. International journal of simulation modelling [online]. 2021. Vol. 20, no. 1, p. 64–75. [Accessed 12 April 2025]. DOI 10.2507/IJSIMM20-1-542. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=125233

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of simulation modelling
• Shortened title: Int. j. simul. model.
• Publisher: DAAAM International Vienna
• ISSN: 1726-4529
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8008982

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: proizvodnja, rokovanje z materialom, simulacija, optimizacija, analiza koristi, analiza stroškov

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Ministrstvo za izobraževanje znanost in šport
• Project number: P2-0270
• Name: Proizvodni sistemi, laserske tehnologije in spajanje materialov