02614nam a2200277 a 4500 20260817163421.0 .b12359270 Zay Yar Myint Assembly line balancing and optimization using siemens tecnomatix plant simulation: a case study of an electric power steering column assembly line Pathumthani : Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 1 online resource A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Thesis (M.Eng.) -- Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 In A tier 1 automotive steering supplier company from Thailand is one of the leading steering manufacturing company for variety of automobile brands. They produce tens of thousands of steering columns per month for different models of automobile from different brands. The company{u2019}s manufacturing facility exists in Samut Prakan district, Bangkok, Thailand. The production process consists of 4 sections, manufacturing, subassembly, final assembly and warehouse. Among these, the final assembly line and the warehouse bear the majority of the inventory cost. In order to reduce the tied up inventory cost in the factory, it needs to find out the optimal inventory set up in the warehouse which can also supply the monthly demand without any delivery shortage. This thesis presents a case study on an assembly line optimization problem in an existing assembly section of a Power Steering Column production line for Honda Fit. The rationale of this project is to build the model of current system, to simulate the entire process of the final assembly line, analyse the resultant inventory and delivery status of current inventory setup and find out an optimised inventory setup for the minimal inventory cost with minimal delivery shortage. The simulation is done by using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. All the data needed for the line balancing analysis are collected. This data gathered is then simulated in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. Bohez, Erik L.J., Chairperson Huynh, Trung Luong, Examination Committee Than Lin, Examination committee Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Examination Committee AIT Fellowship, Scholarship donor Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B09190 .b12359270 mnait j 240425 0 200108 m a j 0 8727 8727