The effects of machine breakdown on hull structure production process

In the production environment, there are many disruptions, such as machine breakdown, rushorders, and so on. under these circumstances, the shipyards have to meet customer demand. if this is notdone, the shipyard may face customer loss, since they cannot meet the deadline. so, it is very importantto understand the effects of machine breakdown on system throughput. in this study, the hull productionsystem of a shipyard situated in turkey has been considered. in the first step of the study, the structureof the double bottom block, which is produced in the shipyard production system, and the workstations,which constitute the production system, were identified. secondly, the simulation model of the productionsystem was created using simulation software. by creating some machine breakdowns for various workstations in the production system, the effects of breakdown on system throughput have been investigated.as a result of the study, the critical rates of machine breakdown, which have affected system throughput,have been determined. the main contribution of the study is to allow production engineers to takemeasures against machine breakdowns in advance, so that target throughput can be reached.