Using CPI scales in defining monitor vs operator manufacturing requirements.(California Psychological Inventory)(Report)

1. INTRODUCTION

When talking about manufacturing process another word that comes in mind is simulation. Before any manufacturing process is advisable to run a material flow simulation in order to determine eventual bottlenecks that slow down or even block the material flow. The first step for running a simulation always consists in building a model that reproduces the real production site. The model contains working points, devices used for parts transfer & transport across the production site and human labour used as operators and for maintenance operations.

2. HUMAN LABOUR ROLE IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS

In this paper we focus our attention on the human labour on an attempt to highlight the differences between an operator and a monitor. Our model is composed of 3 working points for part processing, 2 buffers located before the first and after the last work point, 4 conveyor belts for transport & transfer facility, one operator that operates the machines and one monitor that intervenes in case of break downs (Anghel et al., 2008).

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