Abstract
Performance of a pager company was often too low to meet the target production. One of the reasons was related to inefficient material handling proces in the production line. Introduction of the box container solution reduced the process times but further consideration is under study to improve the total performance. Among several solution candidates, this study focuses on material handling operator (MHO) solution, where one MHO is assigned to transport the box container from one station to another in the assembly line so that operators in each workstation could concentrate on their own tasks. Using a process simulation approach, this paper compares the performance of the production model with MHO with that of without MHO, and discusses the feasibility of this solution.
