2.17 am, Thursday 11 March 2010

Kanban Simulator: output extract

Outcome for Tool: 937

  • Orders as recorded for 40 months - specific to each of 20 products
  • Demand occurrence (to the second) simulated via weekly/daily profile
  • Products loaded to each of 5 machines (according to user-adjustable Kanban logic)
  • product-specific setup time
  • Production on 7 x 24 hour basis whilst orders received 5 x 8 hours;
  • Simulated random failures and planned maintenance

Utilisation
Machine Active % Idle % Broken % Setup %
A: 61.6 35.1 3.3 5.6
B: 68.2 26.7 5.1 5.0
C: 87.3 8.6 4.1 7.7
D: 63.8 32.9 3.3 0.3
E: 68.1 27.8 3.9 0.6
 
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