UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR

INDUSTRIAL & MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
0691-428 FACILITIES DESIGN AND LOGISTICS
FALL 2014





ASSIGNMENT # 1
PROBLEMS: 1.1(b), 1.1(g) 2.3, 2.8




HELOSA GOMES BUENO
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Submitted to: Dr. Walid Abdul-Kader

Date: 30/09/2014

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Chapter 1: 1(b) and 1(g)
1.1 Name several entities, attributes, activities, events and state variables for the following
(b) A grocery store
Entities Attributes Activities Events State Variables
Customers Number of items
Buy grocery;
checking out
items; paying
Arrival; Departure
Number of people in
line to pay
Warehouse Capacity Withdrawing Demand
Levels of inventory;
backlogged demands


(g) An automobile assembly line
Entities Attributes Activities Events State Variables
Machines
Speed; capacity;
breakdownrat
Welding;
Painting
Breakdown
Status of
machines (busy,
idle, or down)
Automobiles
number of parts
assembled
assembling the
brakes
Arrival of parts;
Availability of
machines

Chapter 2: 2.3 and 2.8
2.3 Develop and interpret a flow diagram analogous to Figures 2.4 and 2.5 for a queueing system with I
channels.


Flow diagram for a bank:





















The customer finds the teller either busy or idle; therefore the customer follows the flow of action displayed
on the diagram: if the teller is busy, then the customer go to queue; if the teller is idle, and the queue is
empty, the customer is directed to the teller.

2.8 An elevator in a manufacturing plant carries exactly 400 kilograms of material. There are three kinds of
material packaged in boxes that arrive for a ride on elevator. These materials and their distributions of
time between arrivals are as follows:
Customer-arrival event
Is the teller
idle?
No
Yes
Set teller busy
File customer in queue
Customer finish service
with teller (departure)
Is there a
customer in
queue?
No
Yes
Set teller idle
Set teller busy with first
customer in queue
Material Weight (kilograms) Interval Time (Minutes)
A 200 5+/-2(uniform)
B 100 6 (constant)
C 50 P(2)=0.33 and P(3) = 0.67
It takes the elevator 1 minute to go up to the second floor, 2 minutes to unload, and 1 minutes to return
to the first floor. The elevator does not leave the first floor unless it has a full load. Simulate 1 hour of
operation of the system. What is the average transit time for a box of material A (time from its arrival
until it is unloaded)? What is the average waiting time for a box of material B? How many boxes of
material C made the trip in 1 hour?
Material A (200kg/box)
Interarrival time Probability Cumulative
Probability
RD Assignment
3 0.2 0.2 1-2
4 0.2 0.4 3-4
5 0.2 0.6 5-6
6 0.2 0.8 7-8
7 0.2 1 9-0

Box RD for Interarrival
time
Interarrival time Clock Time
1 1 3 3
2 4 4 7
3 8 6 13
4 3 4 17

14 4 4 60

Material B (100kg/box)
Box 1 2 3 10
Clock Time 6 12 18 60

Material C (50kg/box)
Interarrival time Probability Cumulative
Probability
RD Assignment
2 0.33 0.33 1-33
3 0.67 1 34-00

Box RD for Interarrival
time
Interarrival time Clock Time
1 58 5 3
2 92 3 6
3 87 3 9
4 31 2 11

22 62 3 60

Clock Time A Arrival B Arrival C Arrival
3 1 1
6 1 2
7 2
9 3
11 4
12 2


Average transit time for box A (

Average waiting time for box B (

Total boxes of C shipped = Value of C counter = 22 boxes
Clock
Time
A
Arrival
B
Arrival
C
Arrival
Weight
per lot
Time
service
begins
Time
service
ends
Time A
in
Queue
Time B
in
Queue
A
counter
B
Counter
C
Counter
3 1 0 1 250
6 0 0 0 0 6 10 3 0 2 1 2
7 1 0 0 200
9 1 0 1 250
11 1 0 2 300
12 0 0 0 0 12 16 5 0 2 2 4