TY - CONF TI - Simulation of Production Line Improvement in Modular Home Manufacturing C1 - Heraklion, Greece C3 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 737 EP - 744 PY - 2017 DO - 10.24928/2017/0232 AU - Ritter, Chelsea AU - Zhang, Youyi AU - Dupuis, Roger AU - Al-Hussein, Mohamed AD - MSc Student, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hole School of Construction Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, critter1@ualberta.ca AD - MSc Student, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hole School of Construction Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, youyi@ualberta.ca AD - Safety – Quality – Continuous Improvement Manager , Kent Homes, Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada, dupuis.roger@kenthomes.com AD - Professor, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hole School of Construction Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, malhussein@ualberta.ca AB - The production of modular homes is highly variable, where the production time for a single home can vary significantly. Because there is a large amount of variation and customization in the home models built, operation time on the production line varies greatly, and considerable effort is needed for production line flow balancing. Simulation not only allows the manufacturer to identify areas of potential improvement on the line, but also helps to measure the likely success of proposed changes before investment in or implementation of these changes. In this paper, a case study is presented which uses simulation to evaluate the current-state performance of a wall panel production line, and to validate several proposed changes in terms of whether or not they will be effective and should be implemented. KW - Production line performance KW - Simulation KW - Lean KW - Modular home manufacturing PB - T2 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2017/07/09 CY - Heraklion, Greece L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1478/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1478 N1 - Export Date: 29 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -