Authors:
Marco Bonini
;
Augusto Urru
and
Wolfgang Echelmeyer
Affiliation:
ESB Logistikfabrik, Reutlingen University and Germany
Keyword(s):
Learn HRI, QIFD, HOQI, Material Supply, Milk Run.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Human Factors & Human-System Interface
;
Industrial Engineering
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
Abstract:
Powered by e-commerce and vital in the manufacturing industry, intralogistics became an increasingly important and labour-intensive process. In highly standardized automation-friendly environments, such as the automotive sector, most of efficiently automatable intralogistics tasks have already been automated. Due to aging population in EU and ergonomic regulations, the urge to automate intralogistics tasks became consistent also where product and process standardization is lower. That is the case of the production line or cell material supply process, where an increasing number of product variants and individually customized products combined with the necessary ability of reacting to changes in market conditions led to smaller and more frequent replenishment to the points of use in the production plant and to the chaotic addition of production cells in shop floor layout. This led in turn to inevitable traffic growth with unforeseeable related delays and increased level of safety thre
ats and accidents. In this paper, we use the structured approach of the Quality Interaction Function Deployment to analyse the process of supply of assembly lines, seeking the most efficient combination of automation and manual labour, satisfying all stakeholdersŕrequirements. Results are presented and discussed.
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