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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Leupold, Michael
• Hall, Mario van
• Höfer, Klaus
• Zülch, Gert

Titel

Simulation Analysis of Alternative Personnel Structures in the Shipping Division of a Tinplate Manufacturer

Ist Teil von

• Procedia manufacturing, 2019, Vol.39, p.583-590

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the shipping division of a tinplate manufacturer, alternatives of assigning employees to activities should be examined: a personnel structure where an employee can perform any job or just one type of activity (universalists versus specialists). The aim of the first project stage was to check whether the actual situation can be improved by further qualification measures. A simulation model was developed to analyze different qualifications of the employees and load scenarios of the shipping division. Various difficulties arose due to different shipping materials (coils with horizontal or vertical axis, and panels) and different types of loading (truck, wagon, ship, container). Furthermore, modeling was hampered by fuzzy descriptions of work processes and the lack of time data. For these reasons, the model had to simplify reality. After validating the simulation model based on historical order data, predicted load scenarios were then assumed for the actual investigation. The deployment of specialists led to only minor deterioration in wagon and truck loading, and on the other hand, the lead times of ship and container loading were reduced. However, the universalists approach was accompanied by an increase in lead times for all types of shipping. Therefore, the recommendation was derived to work towards a stronger specialization in future personnel development. In a second project stage, the influence of working time systems on employees’ work-life balance was examined. The statistical analysis showed different effects with regard to the target criteria, but the results were only valid for the regarded shipping division.