ESTABLISHING AN OPTIMAL QUALITY PLANNING DECISION THROUGH DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION: ANALYSIS CASE STUDY

Authors

  • Nur Syazwani Abd Suki School of Mechanical Engineering, USM Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • Ong Hoay Yee School of Mechanical Engineering, USM Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • Shahrul Kamaruddin Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Elmi Abu Bakar School of Aerospace Engineering, USM Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.3322

Keywords:

Quality planning, IPQC, Discrete Event Simulation (DES), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

Abstract

Random in-process quality control (IPQC) is conducted in one of the departments in a circuit board manufacturing company, Company A, which produces high-mixed products, and results in complete failure of ensuring the quality of parts produced. Consequently, defects occur on the parts produced, leading to high rejection rate. This high rejection rate eventually results in high cost of non-value-added activities, which include rework of rejected parts. This paper introduces quality planning to ensure the quality of work-in-progress (WIP) parts in the production with discrete event simulation (DES) software. A series of experiments is conducted by using varying parameters, including flow patterns of parts in the shop floor and number of IPQC inspector, to assess the significance of these parameters on the performance measures relevant to quality perspective. Statistical analysis is conducted on the simulation results via ANOVA. Findings from this research prove that varying the parameters has a significant effect on the performance measures.

Author Biography

  • Shahrul Kamaruddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia

    Received the B.Eng.(Hons) degree from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 1996, the M.Sc. degree from University of Birmingham, U.K., in 1998, and the PhD from University of Birmingham, in 2003.Currently an Associate Professor with the School Mechanical Engineering (under the manufacturing engineering with management programme),Universiti Sains Malaysia. Has various past experiences with manufacturing industries from heavy to electronics industries. Major research interests are on the field of production planning and control; maintenance engineering and management and manufacturing process related to plastic material. Has published 120 papers in journals and conferences, and so far he has supervised more than 15 postgraduate students at MSc (Research) and PhD levels.

     

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Published

2016-06-22

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Vol. 78 No. 7: July 2016

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Science and Engineering

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ESTABLISHING AN OPTIMAL QUALITY PLANNING DECISION THROUGH DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION: ANALYSIS CASE STUDY. (2016). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 78(7). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.3322