COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE

UCD SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Module Code MEEN41090

Module Title Eng. Decision Support System

Module Coordinator Phezman Ghadimi

Date of Submission 9/Apr/2023

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Eng. Decision Support Systems
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Student Names: Nandish Gedia

Report Title: Use of Discrete Event simulation in reducing the wait-time in healthcare application

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Signature: Gedia Nandish

Date: 09/04/2023
 Section 2

Fig.1

1.The average time spent in grinding station is 4.74 min

2.16 components are scrapped

3.The utilisation rate of grinding machine is .88.

4.45 times the component were rejected.

5.Time-average number of components in the system=6.057

6. Time-average number of components in the queue of the third operation =0.462

Fig.2.1

From above Fig.2.1, Mean=2.517 minutes & Std. Deviation= 1.82 minutes.

Variance=Std.Deviation2 = 1. 822 = 3.3124

n=10 and from the t table ,for confidence level of 90%, t=1.833

substituting in the formula,

C.I.=2.51+(1.833*(3.3124/10).5)=2.51+1.054=3.56

=2.51-(1.833*(3.3124/10).5)=2.51-1.054=1.455
Half width interval:

Substituting the value=(1.833*(3.3124/10).5)= 1.054

Scenario 1:Waste reduction

The scrap produced could be reduced significantly resulting in the greater yield by training the
workforce, establishing and working towards achieving suitable sigma level in the process, regularly
maintaining the machine.

Scenario 2: Increasing resources.

Instead of using the same station for reworking additional machines may be added for milling and
machining rework .This will help in reducing the load on the working station to a certain extent along
with increasing the output of the simulation .The below figure shows the output achieved by
increasing resource for reworking. Along with the rework these can act as an backup during the
breakdown and maintenance to run the process.

Figure 3

It could be observed by comparing Fig.1 and Fig.3 additional resources reduced the Avg.system time
shown under the designation of ‘Title’.The number of scrap as also reduced from 16 to 12 which is
significant. Further on allotting the additional grinding machine the following results were obtained.
Since no significant changes were observed in any parameter it would be suggested to increase the
resource for milling and machining.

Fig.4

Scenario 3: Lowering the processing time for rework: Reducing the processing time for rework at
each station is another possibility for improvement. Rework processing time can be slashed, which
will shorten the time needed to rework rejected parts and enhance the system's overall flow.