Simulation modeling for optimal production planning using Tecnomatix software

Abstract

Efficient use of production capacity is an important complex of engineering tasks. Faced with the need to modernize production in the face of high competition and changing customer needs, company owners are forced to test new engineering solutions. Maximizing the existing production capacity plays a fundamental role in maintaining competitiveness and improving the efficiency of resource use in the production of electronic equipment. Electronic equipment manufacturing uses a make-to-order strategy and has a large number of variants of the product in a very small batch. But it is a problem of implementing the standard solution for efficient use of production capacities. Using simulation methods allows one to make informed decisions on using planning and scheduling in small-batch make-to-order production. We describe the process of developing a simulation model of the assembly shop of electronic production using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation software. The focus is on the search for the optimal capacity utilization of the workshop. The created model allows getting detailed statistics about various aspects of functioning of the workshop, depending on the input data.