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The warehouse is a place to store goods in the form of raw materials, work-in-process goods and finished goods and a place that provides information about the status and condition of goods stored in the warehouse so that information can be easily accessed by interested people. This study aims to identify and analyze PT Krakatau Jasa Logistics' warehouse layout problems, provide cargo storage layout suggestions to maximize capacity using the dedicated storage method, and determine the warehouse layout that produces the largest warehouse utility value. A comparison of the current warehouse layout with the dedicated storage method was carried out to choose a warehouse layout by maximizing the free in the warehouse based on the greatest utilization. The results of the study show that the proposed layout has greater utility compared to the current layout, namely 81% and 19% for forklifts and trucks, where the proposed storage layout only has a little free space or has maximized cargo placement, but in the current warehouse, there is a warehouse utility that is equal to 36% where in the storage layout there is still a lot of empty space in the warehouse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pace of new product development is rapidly increasing in order to satisfy the customer needs, which translates into a rapid change in the market requirements. Thus, manufacturing companies need to adapt to this rhythm to be successful in the market. This case study takes place in a Portuguese SME in the electronics industry, which needs to introduce a new production line on the shop floor, for a recently developed product. Usually, in industry, line balancing and layout problems are often solved and addressed by the production managers, that rearrange the workstations and allocate tasks to operators following a method based on practical knowledge. The development of a new production line for a new product is a situation where it makes perfect sense to use the existing theoretical methodologies to implement an efficient production line. The new line must be not only balanced but also, its layout should be optimized to ensure its production efficiency. In this case study, the layouts solutions were achieved using three different methods. The first two were obtained by solving the Facility Layout Problem (FLP) with the application of two methodologies - Empirical Model (EM) and Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) - and the third layout was obtained by the application of a Production Line Balancing (PLB) approach, in which an assembly line balancing problem is solved using a linear programming model. The most suitable solution between the three layouts is chosen by performing a comparative analysis on the KPIs defined by the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study has been conducted based on a case observed in a jewelry manufacturing company where the company has converted a process layout into cellular layout. This conversion created the need for cell loading and cell scheduling process. Cell loading assigns the products to the cells and then the cell scheduling isperformed to determine product sequence and manpower allocation decisions in each cell. In this paper, a synchronized manufacturing environment is considered. The products move from one manufacturing stage to the next at the end of each time period also known a stime bucket. The number of operators needed in a time bucket may be different based on the manpower requirement for each process. This study examines the mathematical model for cell loading and cell sequencing in multiple cells. Several experiments have been conducted that shows that multiple cell sequencing outperform the single cell sequencing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Narrative analysis shows, among other things, how interpretations of actors, institutions, and events become naturalized among certain groups of people. This paper furthers this type of analysis by focusing on narratives surrounding the 9/11 attacks. In examining localized narratives that use an analogy comparing 9/11 to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, I show how those interpretations of the specific comparison relate to more broad narratives on 9/11, terrorism, and the US. This paper also looks at how certain interpretations of the 9/11 - Pearl Harbor narrative gain a certain degree of dominance for a time. Using insights from a Bourdieuian framework using his concept of symbolic power, I claim that a romantic narrative of the attacks has become a dominant, though contested, interpretation. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]