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Optimizing production performance of the Filling Lines of Euroma
Nieuwenhuizen, Thomas (2022) Optimizing production performance of the Filling Lines of Euroma.
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| Abstract: | This research is conducted at the company of Euroma on behalf of the production department. Euroma is a spice manufacturing company with facilities in Zwolle, Nijkerk, Schijndel and Wapenveld. The study is focused on the 709, 710, and 711 filling lines which are located in Zwolle, and reserved for co-manufacturing. The overall effectiveness of the filling lines is measured via OEE. Currently, the filling lines are underperforming, and overall OEE scores are low and prone to fluctuation. This study focusses on the performance category within OEE. The main research question is: “How can Euroma improve the performance of the filling lines 709, 710, and 711?” The performance score is influenced by the occurrence of microstops, and incurred speed loss. Microstops are classified as production stops with a duration smaller than 3 minutes. Speed loss is incurred as a consequence of producing at a sub-optimal speed. The latter is influenced by the definition of this optimal speed. The optimal, or maximum, speed is based on the ideal cycle time of the products produced. This ideal cycle time ought to be seen as the “workload” of production. Currently, the speed based on this workload is set at 200 fills/min. This study points out that this is an overestimation of the capabilities of the filling lines. The newly determined technical maximum speeds of the filling lines 709, 710, and 711 are 180, 170, and 190 fills/min, respectively. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Clients: | Euroma |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management BSc (56994) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/93234 |
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