In the coming decades, many automotive industries will undergo changes where the electrification of vehicles will play a significant role. In order for a manufacturing company to be able to compete in the market, constant adaptation is needed to maintain competitiveness. To make companies more efficient, tools as Lean production is used together with several digital technologies to maintain a competitiveness and facilitate possible changes. Simulation can be used to control and develop future production and answer important questions about about future challenges.The purpose of this study is to investigate, through discrete event simulation, the needs and conditions that a scenario with 50% conventional and 50% electric driveunits will introduce to Scania’s transmission production. The purpose was partially fulfilled through a preliminary study to provide a basis for the upcoming simulation models. This preliminary study identified three critical buffers, essential for future production planning. Therefore, three simulation models were established, focusing on the total number of buffer slots. The result of this study presents three proposals for the number of slots for each buffer, as well as the number of stations for the testing and repair of the electric units. Given that a high volume of products alters the need for space requirements, it was crucial to describe the capacity of these buffers and the potential of their stations. To fully leverage this study and the three simulation models, a more further and detailed data collection on several production processes is recommended.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-531569 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Petersson, Märta, Kraft, Adelia |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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