Application of simulation in motor manufacturing: A case study of Nidec corporation

Abstract

Improving productivity seems to be one of the primary objectives to be achieved by any business, especially in the manufacturing field where competitiveness is based on how productive a plant is. However, what makes this target much more challenging is the occurrence of bottlenecks during production. Therefore, the aim of this Thesis is to improve the productivity of an assembly line by providing an approach to the Line Balancing technique with the help of the ARENA simulation software to detect, analyze the root causes and resolve the bottlenecks.