Optimization of safety inspection scheduling for automotive parts

Project Background

Optimization of safety testing scheduling for automotive components: Automobile manufacturers (OEMs) require the highest quality components throughout the entire supply chain. Each type of automotive material and component must undergo rigorous testing and meet the highest industry and legal requirements. It is necessary to select the appropriate testing mode based on different types of safety tests:

Daily mode: The test will be conducted over several days, with resource usage lasting for several hours;

Continuous mode: Resources are occupied around the clock.

Project Difficulties

• Safety testing of components requires the cooperation of different types of resources: equipment, technicians, and engineers

• The optimization model takes into account various factors, including time intervals, step sequences, employee skills, work schedules, working capacity of testing equipment, shared constraints on testing equipment, testing duration limits, readiness of testing equipment, and work-life balance of testing staff.

Solution