Process and System Improvement in Plywood Products Manufacturing

胶合板产品制造的流程和系统改进

• 批准号: 556302-2020
• 负责人: Chen, Mingyuan
• 金额: $ 1.46万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=706201
• 关键词: Process; System; Improvement; Plywood; Products

The project will be conducted in collaboration with SEATPLY Products Inc., a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in plywood products manufacturing in Montreal. SEATPLY produces high quality molded plywood seating components and provides stable job opportunities to local population, many of them are new immigrants of diverse cultural and other backgrounds. Production planning and scheduling, quality control and improvement, material handling and material flow optimization are the scientific methods to achieve full potential of the production system in this type of industry. The partner organization has implemented cellular manufacturing framework for productivity and quality improvement. The proposed project is to develop effective methods for data and information management, optimal production scheduling, optimal inventory management and advanced production process for quality assurance. Since the production system uses both automated machines and manual operations, it creates research challenges in coordinating and optimizing both types of operations. The outcome of the research will be optimized solutions based on scientific methods which are feasible and implementable and ultimately lead to high product quality, optimal material flows and inventory levels, as well as reduced workforce fluctuations making SEATPLY more competitive in this very imported sector of Canadian industry. The students conducting this research have diverse research and culture backgrounds and will be trained to gain experiences in conducting research in a real production system. Such experiences will make them much better prepared to solving challenging practical problems in advanced and flexible manufacturing systems.

该项目将与 SEATPLY Products Inc. 合作进行，SEATPLY Products Inc. 是一家位于蒙特利尔的胶合板产品制造中小企业 (SME)。 SEATPLY生产高品质模压胶合板座椅组件，为当地人口提供稳定的就业机会，其中许多人是具有不同文化和其他背景的新移民。生产计划和调度、质量控制和改进、物料搬运和物料流优化是在此类行业中充分发挥生产系统潜力的科学方法。合作伙伴组织实施了单元制造框架，以提高生产力和质量。拟议项目旨在开发有效的数据和信息管理方法、优化生产调度、优化库存管理和先进的质量保证生产流程。由于生产系统同时使用自动化机器和手动操作，因此在协调和优化这两种类型的操作方面带来了研究挑战。研究成果将是基于科学方法的优化解决方案，这些方法可行且可实施，最终带来高产品质量、最佳物料流和库存水平，以及减少劳动力波动，使 SEATPLY 在加拿大这个进口行业更具竞争力行业。进行这项研究的学生具有不同的研究和文化背景，并将接受培训以获得在实际生产系统中进行研究的经验。这些经验将使他们更好地准备解决先进和灵活的制造系统中具有挑战性的实际问题。