Simulation System On Productivity Using Smartmost Work Study Technique At Aerospace Manufacturing Company (E-MOST).

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SIMULATION SYSTEM ON PRODUCTIVITY USING SMARTMOST WORK
STUDY TECHNIQUE AT AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
( E-MOST)

TAUFIQ BIN ALIAS

This report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
Bachelor of Computer Science (Media Interactive)

FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA
2013

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this thesis to my beloved parents, supervisor, and friends for their constant
support and encouragement.


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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this project report entitled
SIMULATION SYSTEM ON PRODUCTIVITY USING SMARTMOST WORK
STUDY TECHNIQUE AT AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
( E-MOST)

is written by me and is my own effort and no part has been plagiarized
without citations.

STUDENT

: TAUFIQ BIN ALIAS

SUPERVISOR

: PROF. MADYA DR SAZILAH BINTI SALAM


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents for their unconditional love,
encouragement, and motivated me to complete this project.

I would like to thanks to my supervisor, Prof. Madya Dr. Sazilah Binti Salam who has
always been there to guide me throughout the project. She had given me moral supports
and also gives me ideas to incorporate to my project. Words could not describe how
thankful I am to have a great supervisor who believes in me.

Lastly, I would also like to thank to my friends who had given their helped and supported
in the completion of this project.

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ABSTRACT

This study investigated the reliability of the system organizes data to make it

easier for staff to review the system. In addition this project also examine what a simple
method for computing the time for each activity involved and how to make the easiest
way for staff to plan and process simulation. The project also developed to evaluate the
ability of a system that allows users to use the system in an optimal rate. The scope of the
study included a review of aspects of the navigation system design, user interface and
functionality of the system. This system emphasizes the many user-friendly, database
management system and process flow. This project aims to upgrade the existing systems
towards a more dynamic system that developed the concept of interactive web systems.
Among the advantages that account for problem solving including efficient data
integration, the addition of additional modules as comparative data results, copying old
data, and data conversion facility is new and reporting capabilities of the system in the
form of Excel as reporting manual available. At the end of the report, the project
concluded with a strength and weakness of research and directions for future research
into this type of application.

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ABSTRAK

Kajian ini disiasat kebolehpercayaan sistem menganjurkan data untuk

memudahkan kakitangan untuk mengkaji sistem. Di samping itu projek ini juga mengkaji
apa kaedah yang mudah untuk membuat pengiraan masa bagi setiap aktiviti melibatkan
dan bagaimana membuat cara yang paling mudah untuk kakitangan untuk merancang dan
simulasi proses. Projek juga dibangunkan untuk menilai keupayaan sistem yang
membolehkan pengguna untuk menggunakan sistem ini dalam kadar yang optimum.
Antara skop kajian itu termasuk kajian semula aspek pelayaran reka bentuk sistem, antara
muka pengguna dan fungsi sistem. Sistem ini menekankan banyak mesra pengguna,
pengurusan pangkalan data dan proses aliran sistem. Projek ini dibangunkan bagi
bertujuan manaiktaraf sistem sedia ada ke arah sistem yang lebih dinamik yang
dibangunkan berkonsepkan sistem web interaktif. Antara kelebihan yang mencakupi
penyelesaian masalah termasuklah pengintegrasian data yang efisyen, penambahan
modul-modul tambahan seperti perbandingan keputusan data, penyalinan data lama,
kemudahan penukaran data-data baru dan keupayaan sistem membuat laporan dalam
bentuk Excel seperti laporan manual sedia ada. Pada akhir laporan itu, projek ini diakhiri
dengan Kekuatan dan Kelemahan penyelidikan dan hala tuju untuk kajian pada masa
hadapan ke dalam jenis ini permohonan.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


CHAPTER

CHAPTER I

SUBJECT

PAGE

DECLARATION

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DEDICATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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ABSTRACT

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ABSTRAK

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF TABLES

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LIST OF FIGURES

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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LIST OF APPENDIX

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INTRODUCTION

1.1

Project Background

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1.2

Problem Statements


2

1.3

Objectives

3

1.4

Research Question

4

1.5

Scope

4


1.6

Project Significant

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1.7

Expected Output

5

1.8

Project Framework

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1.9


Conclusion

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CHAPTER II

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1

Introduction

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2.2

Domain


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2.3

Existing System

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2.3.1

Maynard Operation Sequence
Techniques (MOST)

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2.3.2

Sequence Models of Basic MOST

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2.3.3

Productivity Using SMARTMOST
Work Study Technique at
Aerospace Manufacturing

2.4

Company

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2.3.4

Data Collection

14

2.3.5

SmartMOST Template

15

2.3.6

Data Entry Interface

16

2.3.7

Data Store Interface

21

2.3.8

Summary Interface

24

2.3.9

Histogram Output Interface

25

2.3.10 Pareto Diagram Interface

26

2.3.11 User Manual Interface

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Interactive Simulation Systems

27

2.4.1

Definition of Simulation

27

2.4.2

Definition of System

28

2.4.3

Interactive Language Learning
on the Web

2.5

2.6

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Project Requirement

40

2.5.1

Software requirement

40

2.5.2

Hardware requirement

41

Project Schedule and Milestones

42

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2.7 Conclusion

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

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METHODOLOGY

3.1

Introduction

43

3.2

Research Activities

43

3.2.1

Data Gathering/Collection

44

3.2.1

Analysis of the data

44

3.3

Product Development Methodology

45

3.4

Gantt Chart /Mile Stone

47

3.5

Conclusion

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ANALYSIS

4.1

Introduction

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4.2

Current Scenario Analysis

50

4.3

Requirement Analysis

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4.3.1

Project Requirement

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4.3.1.1 Need Analysis

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4.3.1.2 User Analysis

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4.3.2

Data Requirement

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4.3.3

Functional Requirement

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4.3.4

Functional Requirement

76

4.4

Software Requirement

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4.5

Hardware Requirement

80

4.6

Network Requirement

81

4.7

Conclusion

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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

5.1

Introduction

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5.2

5.3

High Level Design

83

5.2.1

System architecture

83

5.2.2

Sequence Diagram

85

5.2.3

Navigational Design

88

5.2.4

Input Design and Validation

89

5.2.5

Interface Design

92

5.2.6

Output Design

93

Implementation
5.3.1

95

Software Development
Environment Setup

95

5.3.2

Server Hardware Configuration

96

5.3.3

Client Hardware Configuration

97

5.3.4

System Interface of eMOST

97

5.3.5

Product Configuration Management 98

5.3.6

Configuration Environment Setup

99

5.3.7

Implementation Status

104

5.4

Conclusion

107

5.4

Conclusion

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REFERENCES

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APPENDICES
Appendix A: Gantt Chart

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Appendix B: ERD Diagram

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Appendix C: Interview Checklist

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE

TITLE

PAGE

2.1

General Move Sequence model (Zandin, 2004)

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2.2

Types of Input in the Data Entry Interface

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2.3

Data Entry Analysis.

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2.4

Data Store Dictionary

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2.5

Design Process and Evaluation

35

2.6

Optimizing the User Experience

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2.7

Accessibility

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2.8

Hardware and Software

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2.9

Page Layout

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2.10

Navigation

37

2.11

Scrolling and Paging

38

2.12

Headings, Titles, and Labels

38

2.13

Links

38

2.14

Text Appearance

39

2.14

Software requirement

40

2.15

Hardware requirement

41

2.16

Milestones

42

5.1

Input Design and Validation for login page

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5.2

Input Design and Validation for activity record base
on MOST index table

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5.3

Input Design and Validation new activity

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5.4

Input Design and Validation new activity task

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5.5

Input Design and Validation new activity task

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5.5

Input Design and Validation new activity task

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5.6

Interface Design of the eMOST System for
The main process

5.7

Hardware Configuration for Server
(Personal Computer/Laptop)

5.8

92

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Hardware Configuration for Client
(Personal Computer / Laptop)

97

5.9

MySQL Server Configuration

104

5.10

Implementation Status

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LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE

1.1

TITLE

PAGE

The Project Framework using System
Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

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2.1

Data Entry of SmartMOST Template

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2.2

Data Entry of SmartMOST Template

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2.3

Data Store of SmartMOST Template

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2.4

Summary of SmartMOST Template

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2.5

Histogram chart of SmartMOST Template

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2.6

Pareto Diagram of SmartMOST Template

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2.9

Homepage

36

3.1

System Diagram Life Cylce

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5.1

3-Tier Architecture

83

5.2

Sequence Diagram for Admin Login

85

5.3

Sequence Diagram for Admin Search
Users Data

5.4

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Sequence Diagram for Staff adding
the activity task by MOST

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5.5

Navigation Design of the eMOST System

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5.6

Interface Design of the eMOST System
for the main process

5.6

Description of the interface design

5.8

Interface Design of the eMOST System
for the main process

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5.9

Interface Design of the eMOST System
for the main processs

5.10

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Interface Design of the eMOST System
for the main process

94

5.11

System Environment Setup

95

5.12

Main Menu Interface

98

5.13

XAMPP setup for Windows

99

5.14

Installation Progress

100

5.15

XAMPP Control Panel Application

101

5.16

Apache, MySQL, and Mercury is running

101

5.17

MySQL database icon in main menu of Cpanel

103

5.18

Create the database

103

5.19

Define the username and password

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1

Project Background

This is a system that is proposing a simulation system applying the concept of
using Work Study Technique called Maynard Operation sequence Technique
(MOST) for aerospace manufacturing company. This project is a sub project for
RAGS project entitled Formulation of Mathematical Model for Man-Machine
Configuration Work Study in Electronic Manufacturing headed by Puan Rohana bnti
Abdullah,Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering (FKP) UteM.

The literature review will include the work study technique, web based user
interface design, simulation system technique, the user friendly system and the
interactivity of the system. At the end of this project, a web based prototype is
expected to be able to be used for data entry, simulate the manufacturing process
based on data, display related graph, and generate the statistic and conclusion for the
optimization process.

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The methodology on this system development process is using System
Development Life Cycle Water fall Model. By using this methodology it will assist
the system development process phase by phase. The expected outcomes are
achieving the objective of the system need and use by company to change their
manual system to the intelligent system.

1.2

Problem Statement

1. Spend a lot of time to collect the data.

The manual and data record is on manual process and need a long time to
overcome the proces. For the current process situation the staff need to
prepared all the data and from the problem process area. So that it take a time
to entry the data manually on the Microsoft Excel.

2. No automated system

There is no automated system to identify the waste contribution in production
line from the manual system into the automated system. The staff need to
configured all the calculation in each of process. So that the staff need to
make the formula for many time and it is hard to create a template because of
the factor of the capability of the the software is not support to perform the
task efficiently.

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3. No application that will generate and stored the data

There is no application will generate all the data as intelligent information
and need to use the human work energy to solve. In this part, the view of
point it taking serously about the automated data to make a summary as
result all of the time process need to perform manually. It need to find the
solution how to generate the summary effiently and comprehensive to
simulate the data automatically.

1.3

Objectives

The objectives go in this paragraph. This section discusses the objectives of the
project. Can be in point form format (use bullets) together with a brief explanation.

1. To investigate the user friendly automated simulation system to perform
Work Study Technique that is Maynard Operation sequence Technique
(MOST) at aerospace manufacturing company.

2. To develop the web application that is will help company to identify the
waste contribution in production line from the manual system into the
automated system

3. To evaluate the usability of the web based simulation system.

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1.4

Research Question

a) How to organize the data to ease the staff to study the system

b) What the easier method to create the calculation of time for each activity
involve

c) How make the easiest way for staff to plan and simulate the process

1.5

Scopes

The scopes of the project are divided by two the system and user:

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System

- Recieving index by user
- Generate the result
- Report and Chart comparison

2. User

- Human Resourse Staff Department

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1.6

Project Significance

1. This project is a product that will be used in manufactring company in order
to use the manual system to run the activity to overcome the process.

2. This project will simulatethe Work Study Technique that is Maynard
Operation sequence Technique (MOST) at aerospace manufacturing
company.

3. This project is develop by web application to help company to identify the
waste contribution in production line from the manual system into the
automated system and evaluate the usability of the web based simulation
system.

1.7

Expected Output

The expected output of the project are:

1. Achieve the objective of the system need

2. Use by company to change their manual system to intelligent system.

3. Will recommend to other industry to use the intelligent system to reduce the
time spend in manual operation

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1.8 Project Framework

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Figure 1.1: The Project Framework using System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Based on the figure 1.1, the project framework is design to ensure all the system
development phase is follow the aspect as show as the figure above. The figure tell
us the diagram of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) that show the flow of the
project development

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1.9 Conclusion

The conclusion is the current system is not apply the interactivve method that
will help user to perform the tas effectively. It is hard to use and need to make an
improvement in aspects that help to develop the efficient and dinamic system. The
system that need to develop is need to fulfil the dinamic system to provide the
dinamic vew to see the difference of activity rocess improvement.

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CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction

In the first chapter of this study was described about the background that
consists of objectives, problem statement and outline of the study. In this chapter
mainly discussed about the references review. Generally, this chapter contains of
literature review that based on the operation, principle and mechanism that related to
the work study technique which consist of method study and work measurement. To
ensure the system is in user friendly environment, some research about the
simulation system and interactively of the system based on interface and
programming. Some of the previous research and studies were include into to this
chapter to support of the development of the ideas for Predetermined Time study.
This chapter also explain about the Mynard Operation Sequences Technique
(MOST).

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2.2 Domain

The domain for this project is web application. Web application is web based
system that runs on browser to perform the task. As the client requirements the
system need to be used by more than one pc and it need to locate the system on
server to make it perform through the network.

Web application not use the internet connection because of the architecture of the
system only around of the intranet area. Only user in the same area network can use
the system and it is applicable with the user requirement.

2.3 Existing System

To develop this project, the research is based on the existing system; Productivity
Using SMARTMOST Work Study Technique at Aerospace Manufacturing Company
that needs the improvement to enhance the ability of the system based on the
objective of the system development. The next sub topic is discuss what the
SMARTMOST Work Study Technique is, and how it is implement in manufacturing
industry and how the current system is running.

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