Application of simulation to predict operational performance measurements of a future electronic device assembly plant

Over the years, simulation modeling has been frequently used to analyze operational and design details of both existing and non-existing manufacturing systems. In non-existing future plants, the simulation models were used to imitate the operational behavior of the future plant. The results from such simulation model runs helped management to determine performance capabilities of the future plants.;This project focuses on building a simulation model for a future assembly plant that manufactures a child-protection electronic device, the Guardian 2000. This study utilizes a simulation model to analyze a plant's operational performance measurements. The plant capacity, throughput time, operator utilization, and labor costing were some of the performance measures analyzed in this project. Opt Quest and the Process Analyzer packages of Arena simulation software were used to statistically validate the simulation results.;The model was built using Arena simulation software. After verification and validation of the model, experiments were performed on the model and details of the results are shown in the report. This project clearly demonstrates the strength of simulation in helping management to accurately make judgments on operational performance measures of the future assembly plant.