INTRODUCTION 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 6 METHODOLOGY 47 ANALYSIS DISCUSSION 69

v TABLE OF CONTENT Abstrak i Abstract ii Dedication iii Acknowledgement iv Table of Content v List of Tables viii List of Figures ix List of Abbreviations, Symbols and Nomenclatures xi

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background 1 1.2 Problem Statement 2 1.3 Research Objectives 4 1.4 Research Scope 4

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 6

2.1 Configuration of Manufacturing System Layout 7 2.1.1 Reconfigurable manufacturing system RMS 8 2.1.2 Key characteristics and principles of RMS 9 2.1.3 RMS enabling technologies 10 2.1.4 RMS configuration 11 2.2 Approaches on Design of Manufacturing System Layout 12 2.2.1 One-to-one assignment approach 15 2.2.2 Graph theoretic approach 16 2.2.3 Constraint based approach 17 2.2.4 Decomposition approach 18 2.3 Tools in Design of Manufacturing System Layout 19 2.3.1 Graphical user interface GUI software 19 2.3.1.1 Visual Basic 21 2.3.1.2 GUI Design Studio 22 vi 2.3.1.3 Storyboard Suite 23 2.3.1.4 Altia Design 24 2.3.2 Computer-aided design CAD software 25 2.3.2.1 Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application CATIA 26 2.3.2.2 SolidWorks 28 2.3.2.3 AutoCAD 29 2.4 Canned Food Manufacturing Industry 30 2.4.1 Can 31 2.4.2 Canned pineapple 33 2.4.3 Canned sardines 36 2.4.4 Canned soup 41 2.4.5 Canned ham 43 2.5 Concluding Remark 46

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 47

3.1 General Flow of the Project 47 3.2 Reviews on Current Process in Production of Canned Food Industry 48 3.2.1 Mapping process 49 3.2.2 Identification of machine for in-common process 51 3.2.3 Decision on can shape and size 52 3.3 Reviews on Design Approach for Layout Configuration in Canned Food Industry 56 3.4 Design Remote System Configuration Framework for Production of Canned Food Industry 57 3.4.1 Visual Basic 58 3.4.2 Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application CATIA 65 3.5 Concluding Remark 68

CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS DISCUSSION 69

4.1 Design of Remote System Configuration Framework 69 4.1.1 Function of ‘About’ 70 vii 4.1.2 Function of ‘Exit’ 71 4.1.3 Function of ‘Start’ 71 4.2 Validation of SCoM 78 4.3 Significance of Critical Features 79

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION 82