Production Planning Process Improvement in Hydraulic Cylinder Manufacturing
Keinänen, Anttoni (2022)
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202202102332
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202202102332
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The thesis was done in co-operation with Hydroline Oy. The aim of the thesis was to document and analyze development projects that the author has been working on in 2021 as well as present further development suggestions. The development projects and the further development suggestions were focused on production planning in tube and rod manufacturing as well as assembly of cylinders.
The current situation of the processes was visualized with process flowcharts. The development projects were divided into five tasks. The tasks include updating of resource data, updating of production models, changing the point of loading, splitting the work commandments and implementing a new production planning system. The development tasks were documented including reasons, goals and outcomes. The results were analyzed with a few factors which were work cycle time, batch size, throughput time and produced amounts. From the results it can be gathered that the updated data is more accurate than before and production planning has been more accurate after the changes have been implemented. The toolset of production planning is much more diverse than before.
Further development suggestions were given to help with the control of started production in tube and rod manufacturing, to be able to predict certain situations and problems already in production planning and to increase the observance of production plans by increasing the amount of information that the production workers have at their use.
The current situation of the processes was visualized with process flowcharts. The development projects were divided into five tasks. The tasks include updating of resource data, updating of production models, changing the point of loading, splitting the work commandments and implementing a new production planning system. The development tasks were documented including reasons, goals and outcomes. The results were analyzed with a few factors which were work cycle time, batch size, throughput time and produced amounts. From the results it can be gathered that the updated data is more accurate than before and production planning has been more accurate after the changes have been implemented. The toolset of production planning is much more diverse than before.
Further development suggestions were given to help with the control of started production in tube and rod manufacturing, to be able to predict certain situations and problems already in production planning and to increase the observance of production plans by increasing the amount of information that the production workers have at their use.