Optimization of machine downtime in the plastic manufacturing
Reduction of downtime has a considerable effect in improving productivity and is a prerequisite for a profitable and flexible production. This study estimated the total production downtime for each production line per shift and developed an algorithm for an uptime maximization. A case study was conducted on one of the
leading Nigerian plastic manufacturing firms experiencing a decline in its...
Published at Cogent Engineering
Volume 4
Pages 1335444
Published in 2017
S.C. Nwanya, J.I. Udofia and O.O. Ajayi