Provide data for a management report

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This assignment is a 2 part insight into simulation of production processes.

As explained in class, there are many software packages available. This assignment looks to help you understand the fundamentals rather than just dragging and dropping elements in from some slick software package.

In this assignment, the software is used to provide data for a management report. The focus is not learning a software package, but the report and the data required to make the simulation. Obviously the software (we are going to use Matlab) is needed to create the data that will go into the report but the focus is not how proficient you are in Matlab. The focus is making sure you collect, understand and then can analyse the data required

The report must look professional and so be compelling to your audience, articulate the manufacturing scenario before optimisation, articulate the manufacturing scenario after optimisation, describe the cost of implementing this change, describe the benefits of the change and discuss risks/risk mitigation

Video of scenario

For this assignment, your group needs to source and select a video of a production process. This is what your report will be based on.

Each group must select a unique video. To ensure it is unique, you must place the link to your video in the Google sheet in the Google drive. First in best dressed. Click the link below to access the sheet, add the name of your group to your line, and the YouTube link to the video you want me to watch for your assignment

https://docs.google.com/a/rmit.edu.au/spreadsheets/d/18rZR-EpPlthdfAYmHSW4bqclQ_cX9KNDKPsp_ScaSFU/edit?usp=sharing

The 'assembly' process should be about 1 min in length

You may make your own video and upload it to YouTube if you wish (that will ensure your group is unique). A video of assembling a bike, or maintaining a motorbike etc. is OK but make sure there is about 1 minute in length of 'assembly or manufacturing'

Record the data from the video

You are looking to optimise the assembly or manufacturing process, so you need to record all the elements that are important

Examples include, the amount of labour in quantity and baffle plates, the tools used, the amount of movement of the operators or machines, the amount of Work In Progress (WIP) the number of steps etc. etc. etc.

Your report needs to include a basic diagram of the process and record of the key elements, this is what you need to provide to the model once it is built. This forms the datum, i.e. What you will measure optimisation against

Model the system

Again, there are lots of software packages that do this automatically for you. You need to use Matlab to encourage you to think more deeply about why the software needs information, what information you get back from the simulation and that many processes can be represented very simply without the need for expensive simulation tools. Most of the assignment marks are for the report, but, you need to use Matlab as well.

Below are some examples that you can use to help you. There is no one right answer, use Matlab which ever way represents your production system. There are lots more examples that show you how to use Matlab to model a production process

https://au.mathworks.com/videos/discrete-event-simulation-with-simevents-68923.html?form_seq=

https://au.mathworks.com/videos/model-a-discrete-event-system-overview-1-of-7-81124.html

https://au.mathworks.com/videos/production-simulation-software-for-manufacturing-68930.html

https://au.mathworks.com/videos/operations-research-and-optimization-of-discrete-event-simulation-81871.html?form_seq=conf1050&elqsid=1475129226242&potential_use=Education&country_code=AU

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