Optimizing SystemsIndustrial Engineering Lab

BSS 2011

Learning Objectives

• You will design your own manufacturing process line complete with:– Models– Design work and flows– Control processes

Your Product

• You are the manufacturer of a cheese cracker (saltine, spread, saltine)

Your Goal• Make money• Produce cracker sandwiches that meet the

product requirementsParameter ValueThickness (cm) No greater than .5

inchAlignment between top and bottom cracker

Within 1/16 inch

Defects• You must avoid defects:– Anything that doesn’t meet the height and

alignment targets decide what to do with (scrap? Rework?)

– No cheese can extend beyond the edge or through the holes in the cracker.

– No breakage or damaged edges of crackers must occur. This is scrap.

– Sandwiches must be in bags with 3 sandwiches per bag.

The Rules• No:

• Everyone participates: use all of team as workers

Disclaimer

• Eating your product afterward is your own decision and BSS is not responsible for any resulting illness.

Activity 1

• First we analyze the problem• Open the file model_student and go to the

worksheet “cost model”– Open from impact.asu.edu/~bss11

• Answer all questions

Activity 2

• Design your processes/flows• You must design the work and the rest of the

system and collect data

Activity 3

• After lab, fill out document your designs in the file “Operating_Specification.doc” passed out to each group