Confident decision making and improved throughput for cereal manufacturing with simulation

In 1999, Kellogg Company needed to rationalize its area manufacturing capacity. A significant portion of the production was moved between Kellogg manufacturing plants. Simulation played an important role in two facets of this project. First, it helped determine if the proposed engineering changes would pick up the slack in production lost due to idling of assets. Second, simulation was used to develop line management setpoints for increasing the output from the installed capacity. 1 PROJECT BACKGROUND The project objective was to identify a production scheme that would result in maximum throughput. A simulation model was created to reflect the finished product (A) and finished product (B) production at Kellogg's Plant (2) and Plant (3). The model reflected the processing and movement of food, beginning at the cookers and ending at the packaging lines. It was then was used to determine the effects that cook cycle, oven rate, and surge bin trigger levels have on throughput. 2 SYSTE...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: WSC
• Authors: Travis A. Dahl, Brian F. Jacob
• Keywords: Apron Feeder, Cook Cycle, Modeling And Simulation, Temper Surge Bin, WSC 2000