Study of a Manufacturing System with Transport Activities in Urban Area

:This paper study a manufacturing system composed of a machine, a purchase warehouse, a vehicle and customers that demand a random quantity of products. For transporting the products from the warehouse to the customer in urban area, two cases are considered: in the first case the transport is performed by an electric vehicle and the second case by a petrol vehicle. The objective of this paper is to provide a decision aid to the manufacturer to choose the suitable transport vehicle type according to different costs of the manufacturing system. To describe both cases, a discrete flow model is adopted that takes into account the machine and vehicle failures, carbon penalty and maintenances actions. Both cases of the transport are simulated and numerical results are presented to compare the totals costs and then to provide an aid decision for the manufacturer.