Aircraft Assembly Ramp-Up Planning Using a Hybrid Simulation-Optimization Approach

Ng, Amos H. C.,1970-Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap,Forskningsmiljön Virtuell produkt- och produktionsutveckling,Produktion och Automatiseringsteknik, Production and Automation Engineering / Virtuella fabriker VF-KDO, Virtual Factories of the Future (author)

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Assembly processes have the most influencing and long-term impact on the production volume and cost in the aerospace industry. One of the most crucial factors in aircraft assembly lines design during the conceptual design phase is ramp-up planning that synchronizes the production rates at the globally dispersed facilities. Inspired by a pilot study performed with an aerospace company, this paper introduces a hybrid simulation-optimization approach for addressing an assembly production chain ramp-up problem that takes into account: (1) the interdependencies of the ramp-up profiles between final assembly lines and its upstream lines; (2) workforce planning with various learning curves; (3) inter-plant buffer and lead-time optimization, in the problem formulation. The approach supports the optimization of the ramp-up profile that minimizes the times the aircraft assemblies stay in the buffers and simultaneously attains zero backlog. It also generates the required simulation-optimization data for supporting the decision-making activities in the industrialization projects.

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER Maskinteknik Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi hsv//swe
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Mechanical Engineering Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics hsv//eng
Aerospace industry
Aircraft
Assembly machines
Conceptual design
Curve fitting
Decision making
Aerospace company
Aircraft assemblies
Conceptual design phase
Hybrid simulation optimizations
Problem formulation
Production volumes
Simulation optimization
Workforce planning
Assembly
VF-KDO
VF-KDO
Production and Automation Engineering
Produktion och automatiseringsteknik

Bernedixen, JacobHögskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap,Forskningsmiljön Virtuell produkt- och produktionsutveckling,Produktion och Automatiseringsteknik, Production and Automation Engineering(Swepub:his)sveb (author)
Andersson, Martin,1981-Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap,Produktion och Automatiseringsteknik, Production and Automation Engineering(Swepub:his)anrt (author)
Bandaru, Sunith,1984-Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap,Forskningsmiljön Virtuell produkt- och produktionsutveckling,Virtuella fabriker VF-KDO,Produktion och Automatiseringsteknik, Production and Automation Engineering(Swepub:his)bans (author)
Lezama, ThomasModelling Simulation Airbus Group, Toulouse, France (author)
Högskolan i SkövdeInstitutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

In:Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference: IEEE, s. 3045-305697817281949989781728195001

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