A Simulation-based Method for Improving Material Efficiency within the Constraints of Existing Production Systems.

To enable manufacturers to select the best-suited instruments for holistic material efficiency, this thesis presents a simulation-based method, modelling the causality of material waste parallel to manufacturing performance. The developed procedure begins with a current state survey to examine the relation between material waste and activities of the factory. A systematic method allows the user to generate a list of improvement scenarios. A dynamic simulation investigates the effectiveness of the improvement measures (system dynamics).

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• Authors: Erin Sheehan
• Assisted by: Stuttgart Fraunhofer IPA (Editor)
• Publisher: Fraunhofer Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783839613290
• ISBN: 978-3-8396-1329-0
• No. of pages: 266
• Illustrations: num., mostly col. illus. and tab.
• Series: Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Produktionsforschung
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering