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Material Optimization in Web Manufacturing

In: Applications of Operations Research and Management Science

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  • G. S. R. Murthy

    (Indian Statistical Institute)

Abstract

This project deals with a problem of high scrap generated in the manufacture of brake shoe webs in one of the bays of a leading automobile industry in Chennai, India. Shoe webs used in vehicle brake systems are blanked from mild steel sheets of 8 mm thickness. The company was facing a high scrap in this production and wanted to explore the possibility of reducing the sheet metal scrap in this area. The production planning is done on a monthly basis as the demand (internal) requirements are on monthly basis. The problem is formulated as that of minimizing sheet-metal consumption. It has been demonstrated, through past data, that huge savings can be made if the planning is done by deploying optimization techniques. A software has been developed for determining the monthly plans optimally. With the help of this software, planning has become extremely simple and has resulted in substantial benefits both in terms of eliminating the efforts of the manager in planning manually and reduction of material costs.

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  • G. S. R. Murthy, 2015. "Material Optimization in Web Manufacturing," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Applications of Operations Research and Management Science, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 1-17, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-3-319-17921-6_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17921-6_1
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