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• TITLE: Analysis, Modeling and Simulation of a Poly-Bag Manufacturing System

  AUTHORS: R. A. R. C. Gopura, T. S. S. Jayawardane

  KEYWORDS: Poly-Bag; Manufacturing System; Monte Carlo Sampling; System Simulation

  JOURNAL NAME: Engineering, Vol.4 No.5, May 24, 2012

  ABSTRACT: The cost of raw material of poly-bags increases and fluctuates with an unpredictable trend. Further, legal restrictions imposed on some types of polythene products adversely affects for the demand. In this context, entrepreneurs engaging in poly-bag manufacturing face major challenges. With the purview of optimizing the poly-bag manufacturing process, authors attempted to analyze, model and simulate the poly-bag manufacturing process in the light of posed challenges. This paper presents preliminary analysis, modeling and simulation strategies of a poly-bag manufacturing system. In addition, a risk prioritization method is proposed in the preliminary analysis and also a simulation tool is developed.