Development of an Effective Shopfloor Plan for the Heater Manufacturing Industry in Malaysia

CSME 2020/02
Volume 41 No.1 : 91-98

Development of an Effective Shopfloor Plan for the Heater Manufacturing Industry in Malaysia

Ng Tan Ching ^a, Chong Kai Sin ^a, Saw Lip Huat ^a, Morteza Ghobakhloo ^b and Yew Ming Chian ^a
^aDepartment of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sungai Long Campus, Jalan Sungai Long, Bandar Sungai Long, 43200 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
^bDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Minab Higher Education Center, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran / Modern Technology Development and Implementation Research Center, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Abstract: Manufacturers in Malaysia and overseas continuously seek for effective shopfloor plan and lean management tools to fulfil customers’ requirements and overcome challenges such as fluctuations in market demands. One of the primary goals of a company regardless of industry is to gain a competitive edge in the local and/or global market. The objective of this research is to develop an effective shopfloor plan for the heater manufacturing industry, where Company XXX was selected for the pilot study. The line efficiency and percentage of line balance loss were determined in order to evaluate the proposed shopfloor plan.

Keywords: Shopfloor plan, smoothness index, line efficiency, line balance loss

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