THE MERGER COEFFICIENT FORMULA BY INCORPORATING PRODUCTION VOLUME FOR THE DESIGN OF A MODULAR LAYOUT

• Main Author: SISKA (NIM: 23406029); Pembimbing : Prof. Dr. Ir. Bermawi P.Iskandar, MERRY
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/16428
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

A modular layout is formed of layout modules which include flow-line layout, cellular layout and functional layout. A modular layout is one of layout that has high flexibility and efficient in material handling flows. The modular layout is designed to minimize the total <br /> <br /> <br /> material handling cost. <br /> <br /> <br /> In this thesis we design a modular layout by using merger coefficient formula which involves production volume of parts. The formula developed is obtained by incorporating the production volume into Huang’s merger coefficient formula. <br /> <br /> <br /> Using the case of Huang (2003), the new merger coefficient formula can reduce the total material handling cost by 20.44 % compared to that of Huang’s formula and by 6.82 % compared to that of Sunarni’s formula. From two cases (namely Case 1 and Case 2) considered, the reductions in the total material handling cost are 21.88 % and 8.64 % for Case 1 and Case 2, compared to those of Sunarni’s formula.