Maintenance policy selection for cellular manufacturing: a simulation study

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Abstract

This paper describes the development of a simulation study to reduce the effect of failure in cellular manufacturing with the use of a maintenance policy. It analyses the effects of corrective, preventive and opportunistic maintenance policies on the performance of a manufacturing cell. We consider the productivity of the cell as performance criteria, and we study the cell performance under different times between failure distributions and different operational conditions. A simulation model was established in Arena simulation software. The results are compared to determine the best policy for a given system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)329-341
Number of pages13
JournalInternational Journal of Manufacturing Research
Volume2
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

  • cellular manufacturing
  • failure
  • maintenance policy
  • simulation

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