Simulation of operations on the production line as a tool for making the production process more efficient

Abstract

For a company to make a profit and satisfy customers' needs, it must have the correct individual processes - the production process is one of the most important. This paper proposes a solution to eliminate the problem based on identifying the cause of the blocking - idle times in several workplaces of the production line. Another goal was to determine whether increasing productivity and the number of products on the given line is possible. At the beginning of the research, a system analysis of production operations was carried out. A simulation was chosen as a tool for solving the goals. Tecnomatix Plant Simulation creates the simulation model. The model was verified by a simulation experiment that simulated the current state, and the data obtained by the analysis were used. The experiment was performed for three simulated times: 8, 16 and 48 hours. After the verification of the model, experiments were performed on the models. The paper presents the results of three experiments for a simulated time of 48 hours. Based on the experiments, it was found that in the case of shortening the work cycle at critical workplaces No.5 and No.15, it is possible to make the process more efficient - to equalise the workload of individual workplaces and increase production by 25%.