Material Flow of Castings Analysis: Costs and Logistics dimensions
Medvedeva, Valeria; Fontanilla, Roland (2023)
2023
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The need for the research came from commissioning company’s transmission plant. A renovation was planned and demand for transmissions was expected to grow, so adjustments to the material flow (if any) should have been decided. Since the base parts of transmissions were castings, their material flow was in the core of logis-tics in the plant. Thus, the research was devoted to the casting’s material flow.
The research was focused on the castings warehousing solution and costs associated with them, and the lay-out analysis and improvements based on the material flow of castings. Warehousing solution consisted of three options: outsourced storage, building own warehouse, and mixed option. Each one of them implied different type of costs. As for the second part of the Research, current layout and future layout were analyzed using a simulation software and compared to each other. Improvements were suggested and both layouts were analyzed with the simulation of improvements implementation.
The result of the research was Costs calculation tool made in Excel and extensive analysis of the layout and improvement suggestions. The tool allowed to compare the costs of the three warehousing options and to check the costs of the options with adjusted input data. The analysis of the layout and suggested improve-ment were provided to the commissioning company to be considered during renovation.
Due to time and resource limitations, the research covered general outlook of the situation. There-fore, parts of the research could be studied in more details. The results of the research were a good base for commis-sioning company to make the decision and choose the direction of further research.
The research was focused on the castings warehousing solution and costs associated with them, and the lay-out analysis and improvements based on the material flow of castings. Warehousing solution consisted of three options: outsourced storage, building own warehouse, and mixed option. Each one of them implied different type of costs. As for the second part of the Research, current layout and future layout were analyzed using a simulation software and compared to each other. Improvements were suggested and both layouts were analyzed with the simulation of improvements implementation.
The result of the research was Costs calculation tool made in Excel and extensive analysis of the layout and improvement suggestions. The tool allowed to compare the costs of the three warehousing options and to check the costs of the options with adjusted input data. The analysis of the layout and suggested improve-ment were provided to the commissioning company to be considered during renovation.
Due to time and resource limitations, the research covered general outlook of the situation. There-fore, parts of the research could be studied in more details. The results of the research were a good base for commis-sioning company to make the decision and choose the direction of further research.