Equipment requirement analysis to increase the capacity for testing and evaluation of agricultural machinery of AMTEC at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna

Date

12-2015

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Major Course

Major in Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Micah A. Ramirez

Abstract

With the enactment of the AFMech Law 2013 starting 2016, AMTEC aims to increase its annual capacity for testing agricultural machinery to 100%. However, the study revealed that AMTEC's limited quantity of testing equipment/instruments available causes delay in the test schedule, thus reducing the company's annual capacity to 200 machines only. This is despite the fact that only 38% of the customers applied for testing from 2009 to 2013. A modified weighted moving average forecasting method was used to account 100% of the customers. To accommodate the forecasted yearly increase in demand of 817 machines, the proponent of this study assessed the number of the currently available testing equipment/instruments and provided different course of actions to significantly increase the capacity of AMTEC. The proponent recommends the acquisition of a specific quantity for a specific instrument and computes the alternative based on 100% capacity at the lowest acquisition cost of approximately PHP 42,861,700. The output of this study may serve as a reference in strengthening the testing and evaluation capability of AMTEC at UPLB to cater the demand of the country while there are still no established satellite test centers yet.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993 2015 E66 /O53

Document Type

Thesis

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