Resumen de Changing Internal Logistics to Feed Production Lines
Aída Sáez Más, Ángel Ruiz, José P. García-Sabater, Julio J. García Sabater
This paper describes the redesign of the internal logistics of an industrial assembly facility. In particular, we are concerned by the management of components and parts’ flow to feed the different workstations of the production line. This flow of components starts at the reception docks where suppliers’ trucks arrive. Components unloaded from trucks aremoved to one or several storage areas by means of adequate handling equipment. Finally, components are transported to demand points located along the production line when required. Internal logistics cause therefore a huge volume of transportation and intensive activities that need to be carefully planned to keep the plant’s performance. To this end, a mathematical model is proposed to redesign the assignment of logistics resources (i.e., docks, storage areas, and handling equipment) in such a way that the total time consumed during de supply process is minimized.
