Simulation of a Tyre Factory for a Leading Producer – New Plant
March 1, 2023Simulation of an End-of-Line Testing Area for a Leading Vehicle Manufacturer
March 1, 2023
One of India’s leading tyre manufacturers expanded its portfolio with 5 new types of products and wanted to improve its efficiency in work balancing in its new manufacturing unit.
Key Points
- Tyre Industry
- MODAPTS
- Work Content Estimation
- Line Balancing
- Lean Principles
- Estimate the standard work content for manual activities in the process
- Streamline the work distribution with optimum manpower utilization
- Identify constraints in value stream line
We collected the required data and recorded videos of every process in scope and,
- Prepared a detailed process flow & schematic layout
- Developed elemental details using PMTS technique
- Estimated the work content of manual activities
- Analyzed the work distribution using man machine charts and calculated the optimum manpower