1. Concept Level Project Plan P08008 – ArcWorks Process Improvement
Eric Meinecke (ISE)

2. Concept Level Project Plan
Project Name
ARC Works Assembly Process, Supply Chain & Workglow Improvement
Project Number
P08008
Project Family
Assistive Devices
Track
Start Term
Confirmed
End Term
Confirmed
Faculty Guide
Dr. Matthew Marshall (ISE) Confirmed
Faculty Consultant
Dr. Elizabeth DeBartolo (ME) Confirmed
Dr. First Last (Dept) Indicate whether this is your choice, or confirmed
Primary Customer
ArcWorks

3. Phase 0: Planning Mission Statement
Project Description
This project main goal is to improve the current process that is being used at ArcWorks to assemble bottles. The current process is all manual assembly and creates high contact stress on the workers. All improvements and ideas must be able to be incorporated into a production line where the consumers have mental and physical limitations.
Key Business Goals The primary business goals of this product are to
Design an automated replacement for the current manual processes.
Reduce process times in the production line
Simplify the assembly process to reduce training requirements and also ability requirements
Primary Market
The primary market for this project is ArcWorks. They will be the ones taking any results from this project and implementing them into their production line.
Secondary Market
The rights to this project are open so any company that has a similar assembly could implement the design changes. Also any process improvements to the assembly could be adopted by any assembly facility
Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the design of our product include the following:
Consumers(workers at ArcWorks)
Nalgene
Mr. Syrkin
ISE Department
ME Department

4. Phase 0: Planning Staffing Requirements
Mechanical Engineers
3-4
After reviewing the past projects and speaking with my faculty guide I will need mechanical engineers that have a strong skills in Solid Works and stress analysis, material selections, pneumatics, PLC’s, ans also machining.
Electrical Engineers
zero
I do not feel that an electrical engineer would be needed in this project. The probability of having a complex electrical diagram or circuits is very low, and I feel the team would benefit by replacing this spot with an ME or IE.
Industrial and Systems Engineers 2
The main tasks that would be taken on by the industrial engineers would be project management (myself), lean manufacturing implementation, ergonomics analysis, and inventory management. They would be required to use their skills in economics, cost-benefit analysis, and production control to help with the supply chain issues.
Computer Engineers
Zero
For the similar reasons stated in the electrical engineer section I do not feel that we would need any computer engineers. No tasks that a computer engineer specializes in will be incorporated into this project
Business Majors
Since this project is not being manufactured on a large scale, nor is there any plan of producing this product with intent to sell it, I feel that a business student is not necessary.

5. Phase 0: Planning Resource Requirements
People
Former senior design students that were in this track with similar projects
ISE faculty- Can assist the team with ergonomics and process improvement issues
ME faculty- Can assist the team with machining, stress analysis, and design issues
ARCWorks employees- Will allow team to know the needs of the project
Environment
Storage area- Past groups have informed me that the ISE Ergonomics lab was used for storage
ISE Production Lab- Area to test process improvements before implementing on the floor
Machine shop- Required for creating any tooling that is used in the project
Computer Lab- Required for designing of tooling.
Equipment
Solid Works modeling software, machines located in machine shop and Brinkman Lab, stop watches for time studies
Materials
Project funding
Pneumatic assemblies
Metal to create tooling and device

6. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Interviews
Primary Customer(s)
ARCWorks as a whole is the primary customers. With my contact being John Syrkin. I am scheduling a meeting with John for this week to interview him. I will bring a voice recorder to tape the interview then process it at a later time. My goal of the interview is to get his needs of the project as well as internal contacts in the company that will also have needs (i.e. the workers)
Other Stakeholder(s)
Dr. Matthew Marshall- I interviewed Dr. Marshall and obtained some basic information about this project and also the past projects. I plan to talk to Dr. DeBartolo as well. Again a voice recorder will be used.
Past Senior Design Team(s)
Two
There are two past teams that have worked on very similar projects. I have gained access to their edge websites and am currently looking into getting past logbooks. The team from two years ago did a project whose resulting device whose goals were almost identical to this project. Last years team was responsible for creating a device that performed a similar task on a different bottle type.

7. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Benchmarking
Competitive or Cooperative Solutions
I would like to bring the past senior design projects to a meeting to see how they attacked their problem. Since the assembly of this product is unique there are not many competitors to benchmark, and the ones that are available are of large scale and out of budget range
Internet Search
McMaster Carr
MSC Direct
Parker- Pneumatic catalog company
Google (or similar search engine)- Locate distributors of parts that will be required
Technical Literature Search
OSHA standards would have to be strictly followed in creating this product since it will be implemented in an assembly line. Also any process improvements cannot violate OSHA regulations.
Technical literature will need to be collected on pneumatic standards, as well as hydraulic.

8. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Interpret
Needs Statements:
The product has to perform the same task that the manual operations does
The product has to be easy to use
The product has to be of robust design
The product must keep high quality of finished goods
Graphical Interpretation
Minimize training
Simplify operation
Reduce material flow
Comply to OSHA
Use by mentally challenged
Portable
Ergonomic
Automated
Ability to handle multiple bottle sizes
Handle high production volume
Budget around $1,500
CONSTRAINTS
Design
Function
Affinity Diagram
Constraint
Technology
Economic
Resource
Scope
Hierarchy
Minimize training
Simplify operation
Reduce material flow
Comply to OSHA
Use by mentally challenged
Portable
Ergonomic
Automated
Ability to handle multiple bottle sizes
Handle high production volume
Budget around $1,500

9. Future Plan Where do you go from here?
Current timeline includes interviewing multiple people at ARCWorks to receive their information. Once completed an initial needs assessment breakdown will be done. Once the needs are done a work breakdown of the group will be made that is based on what the needs of the project are.