Material Flow Integration Evaluation Model considering Automation at Manufacturing Shop Floor

Abstract

With economic globalization and the advent of the knowledge-based economy era, as well as the emergence of global manufacturing, supply chain management in the automotive sector have universal application. Material flow throughout the supply chain, the merits and demerits of the material flow in the supply chain is vital impact. Because the rapid growth of market demand the first challenge is production volume of the present assembly line can not satisfy the market demand. Another problem is when the production volume increased the inventory space is too small to store the parts. The objectives of the research include improving the current Material handling Operations productivity. This mathematical model can help to evaluate what is percentage of automation in material flow and which focus area to automate in-order to improve productivity.