Material Handling and Distribution Study

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Material Handling and Distribution Study Phase
II
OU03-ALC

• Multi-use Material Handling/Storage Designs with
  Efficient and Flexible Facility Layout
• Tinker Air Force Base
• OC-ALC, ENALT OC-ALC, MABPE
• Robert Winters Donald Craft
• Mark Reed
• University of Oklahoma
• Mary Court, PhD. John Eichman
• David Baldwin, PhD. Jennifer Pittman
• Mustafa Pulat, PhD. Brandon Pool

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Goal and Approach

• Develop a validated resource improvement plan
  inclusive of developing an efficient/compact
  facility layout, new material handling/storage
  equipment designs and specifying appliance
  characteristics for the centralized staging
  warehouse, B3705
• Approach
• Develop conceptual resource improvement plans
• Develop multi-use, process efficient material
  handling/storage equipment designs
• Validate designs and concepts via simulation
  analysis

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Current Systems Analysis

• Identified and documented B3705 resources and
  interfaces
• Conducted current capacity analysis and
  identified areas requiring improvement
• Identified part tracking and identification
  issues for the MRO staging facility

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Conceptual Resource Improvements

• Systems Analysis Document existing system to
  develop current space utilization and part
  tracking capabilities

• Improved Facility Layouts
• Identifying current and future space utilization
  requirements
• Incorporating improved material handling/storage
  design characteristics
• Document material handling/storage process from
  cradle-to-crib. MRO ? Disassembly ? Warehouse ?
  Retrieval ? Re-assembly

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Conceptual Resource Improvement Plan

• Benchmarked the current system against industry
  best practices to ensure the new layout features
  which include
• Space defined by functional areas
• Kitting and palletization capabilities
• Efficient space utilization by growing vertically
  before moving horizontally

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Simulation Analysis

• Validate simulation with current system analysis
  data
• Integrate new material handling/storage equipment
  characteristics with improved facility layout
• Identify optimal plan based on process needs
  and costs

Simulate
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Material Handling/Storage

• Material handling and storage devices designed
  for multi-functional purposes
• Disassembly, transportation between shops and
  storage within B3705
• Focus on large flight control surfaces (e.g.,
  vertical and horizontal stabilizers)
• Consider de-paint and structure maintenance in
  fixture design
• Exploring possibility of using the same fixture
  for transportation and storage

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Expected Benefits

• Reduced material handling and transfer operations
  via multi-use material handling/storage equipment
• Improved maintenance flow by simplified
  maintenance schemes and reduction in material
  handling operations
• Estimated cost avoidance for out-of-house
  staging operations
• Transportation 500,000/year
• Space 120,000ft2 _at_ 10/ft2 (1,200,000)
• Total Cost Benefit 1,700,000
• Increase in safety by a reduction in multiple
  lifting and transfer operations