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MA4496 – Go With the Flow: Using Material Flow

Optimization in Autodesk Factory Design Suite

Mark FlaylerSenior Application Expert – IMAGINiT Technologies

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Class Summary

Introduction to Material Flow Optimization in Autodesk

Factory Design Suite.

Topics to be covered:

▪ Factory Design Utilities Interface

▪ Components of Material Flow

▪ Analyze Transportation

▪ Analyze Machine Utilization & Power

▪ Collaborate and Reuse Data

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Interface

▪ AutoCAD

Architecture

▪ AutoCAD

Mechanical

▪ Specialized

Palettes

▪ Application

Settings

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AutoCAD Factory Suite Layouts

▪ Stations

▪ Products

▪ Routings / Jobs

▪ Analysis

▪ Suite Workflow

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Interface and Layouts

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Before we go too far in…

▪ Expectations

▪ Clearly defined capture

▪ Through Machine?

▪ Through Assembly Line?

▪ Averages or Split Jobs

▪ Adjust Default Settings

▪ Use an existing process as a

baseline analysis

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Factory Suite Layouts – Stations

▪ Complex Geometry

▪ From Scratch

▪ From Asset Library

▪ Simplified Geometry

▪ Basic Station Footprint

▪ Connector Point

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Stations

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Factory Suite Layouts – Products

▪ Item for which you want to analyze

movement

▪ Nest-able to create assemblies

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Factory Suite Layouts – Routings

▪ Routings = Jobs

▪ Jobs Consist of Movement from

Station to Station

▪ Desired Production Rate

▪ Attainment Goal for parts (per # of time)

▪ Part Quantity

▪ Number of parts complete in a job

▪ Batch Size

▪ # of Parts in a batch = parts x # of Jobs

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Routings

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Analyze Transportation

▪ Transportation Indicators

▪ Dynamic Node Adjustment

▪ Flags

▪ Red Flags are indicative of high traffic

▪ Changes made to these nodes will have

the greatest impact on material flow

▪ Garbage in…

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Analyze Transportation – Indicators

1. Transportation Cost = Travel Time x Cost Rate

2. Total Cost = Transportation Cost + Machining Cost

3. Travel Time = Total Travel Time

4. Travel Distance = Total Travel based on Connectors

▪ Click on the Settings button to adjust sensitivity of the

colored flags

▪ Part Qty – Relative to the number of parts moving

▪ Part Qty x Distribution – Part Qty Adjusted for length of segment

▪ Transport Cost – adjusts # of stations flagged with color bar

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Analyze Transportation – Indicators

▪ Adjusting the sensitivity can more easily identify

bottlenecks in the transportation

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Analyze Factory Transportation

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Analyze Machine Utilization & Power

▪ Single or Multiple Jobs

▪ Utilization Indicators

▪ Red – Over

▪ Yellow – Under

▪ Green – Utilized Properly

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Analyze Machine Utilization & Power

▪ Total Power Meter

▪ Settings: max power level

▪ Station Utilization Meters

▪ Individually turned on

▪ Hover on station for quick look

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Analyze Machine Utilization & Power

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Import & Export

▪ Export data to XML

▪ New file from Template in Excel

▪ Use Developer Tab to load XML

▪ Load through Import

▪ Placeholder geometry only

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Import & Export

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Material Flow Reports

▪ Comparative Analysis

▪ Generate Report

▪ Transportation Time

▪ Transportation Cost

▪ Production Cost

▪ Total Cost

▪ Travel Distance

▪ Total Energy Consumption

▪ Graphs

▪ Number of Jobs

▪ Machine Utilization

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Flow Reports

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Appendix – Settings & Glossary of Terms

▪ Application Options (OPTIONS)

▪ AutoCAD Architecture

▪ AutoCAD Mechanical

▪ Defaults

▪ Transportation

▪ Operation

▪ Station

▪ Shift

▪ Job

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Summary

▪ Highly visual layout of process and movement

▪ Great Initial Costing and Comparative Tool

▪ More / Less Machines

▪ More / Less Shifts

▪ Best in “What If” scenarios

▪ Quickly reuse completed material flows

▪ Create consistent drawing packages

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