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2419. Logistics Concept Design for a Battery Pack Production Initiative

Invited abstract in session WD-58: Logistics 3, stream VeRoLog - Vehicle Routing and Logistics.

Wednesday, 14:30-16:00
Room: S07 (building: 101)

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Bilgenur Erdogan
Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology
2. Quang-Vinh Dang
Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology
3. Mehrdad Mohammadi
Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology
4. Ivo Adan
School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology

Abstract

This study focuses on designing logistics concepts for an electrical battery pack production setup, inspired by our industry partner. The production line is composed of automated workstations using industrial fixed robot arms and manual workstations with human operators. Alongside these, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are employed to provide material supply and product transportation, respectively. The complexity rises due to the interdependencies among production, material supply, and product transportation. We propose several logistics concepts for this new production setup in order to achieve the best throughput rate while efficiently making use of AGVs and AMRs. Using real-world data from the industry partner, the efficacy of the proposed concepts is illustrated under varying numbers of AGVs, AMRs, and product types through simulation. Numerical results highlight significant changes in the logistics concept choice based on fleet sizes and product types, with extendable implications for high-mix-low-volume production and autonomous manufacturing systems.

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Status: accepted

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