TY  - CONF
TI  - Simulation of Production Line Improvement in Modular Home Manufacturing
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
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/07/09
T2  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Heraklion, Greece
SP  - 737
EP  - 744
DO  - 10.24928/2017/0232
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
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
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1478/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1478
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -