Work improvement for the manual heavy structural workstations by using dynamic value stream mapping

The goal of the proposed research project is to improve the work productivity for the partner company (Ocean Steel) by identifying bottlenecks accurately in the steel fabrication workstations. This work included evaluating the current applied solutions in order to resolve the same problems encountered with Ocean Steel, which was done by conducting a literature review. However, many of the solutions that were found were not applicable to the Ocean Steel case, meaning that some improvement is required). The work will include activities such as time studies, simulation modelling, and lean-based optimization. Having accurate information about the productivity of their company as well as having a better opportunity of work improvement and production are all ways that will benefit the partner company from this project. Finally, Ocean Steel will be able to use the final deliverables from this research as a decision support system.

Faculty Supervisor:

Zhen Lei;Ala Suliman

Student:

Partner:

Ocean Steel & Construction Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program: