Analysis and improvement of working methods to increase productivity (case study: float glass collecting process)

Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Technology and Engineering

工业技术（总论）

Marcella, M.^1 ; Wayan Sukania, I.^1 ; Widodo, Lamto^1 ; Nasution, Siti Rohana^1

Industrial Engineering, Universitas Tarumanagara, Indonesia^1

关键词: Float glass;    Motion study;    Movement analysis;    Packaging process;    Working element;    Working methods;    Working time;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/508/1/012085/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/508/1/012085

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

One of the most demanded products from glass manufacturers is 2mm float glass size 48x20cm. In its packaging process, the time required to collect and pack the glass is generally longer than the speed of its production. To balance the productivity, companies ended up increasing the number of operators to collect and pack the glass. By applying time study and motion study, this research examines operators' activity to discover the most effective workingmethod of glass collecting.Improving the working method is done by optimizing the working element that takes the longest time to finish and eliminating working element that contains non-value movement. Particularly, the improvement attempts include changing the positioning of the paper layer and the counter to the front of the operators. With the new positioning, operators' trajectories can be shortened. When implemented, this refined method has successfully reduced operators' working time from 15.64 seconds to 12.27 seconds. The decrease of working time by 3.07 seconds has also effectively reduced the number of operators by 5 people, specifically from 23 to 18 operators. Keywords: Working element, time measurement, movement analysis, refinement of working method.