A Case Study: Implementation of Automated Guided Vehicle Replacing Trollies Transportation in Manufacturing Industry to reduce Motion Waste in Lean Manufacturing practicing factory

   

Shamini Janasekaran, Eshvinder Singh Mann
Centre for Advanced Materials and Intelligent Manufacturing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT, SEGi University


Journal of Engineering & Technological Advances
Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 1-7 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.35934/segi.v5i1.1

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Abstract

This research introduces and demonstrates the procedures and method used to eliminate waste of motion to achieve lean manufacturing which is the starting for Industrial Revolution 4.0. This was conducted in a private manufacturing factory that assembles printed circuit board (PCB). The research done provides an advantage by developing an efficient and effective way to carry out the transportation of PCB magazine trolley. The data collected and results obtained proved the benefits of the utilization of automated guided vehicle. In contrast, result attained for time reduction of transportation of PCB magazine trollies was in the range of 3.39% to 8.08%. Moreover, autonomous guided vehicles also verified the capability to eliminate the occurrence of human error and non-added value activities. In conclusion, the research carried showed a successful method towards optimization of the production in the selected PCB assembly manufacturing company.

Keywords:

Autonomous Guided Vehicle, Waste of Motion, Time Reduction, Industrial Revolution 4.0, Quality.