Modeling and Simulation of Processes in a Factory of the Future

Grznár, Patrik; Gregor, Milan; Krajčovič, Martin; Mozol, Štefan; Schickerle, Marek; Vavrík, Vladimír; Durica, Lukas; Marschall, Martin; Bielik, Tomas

doi:10.3390/app10134503

Cited by 47 publications

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“…Our proposal consisted of eliminating the identified forms of waste with the help of gradual implementation of lean manufacturing elements using the innovative and creative potential of the implementation team and the factory's implementation team. A rationally designed workplace is the basic constituent of lean production (Grznár, et al, 2020), (Viktor, et al, 2019). How well a workplace is designed depends on the movements that workers have to perform on a daily basis.…”

Section: Future State Proposalmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Importance of Digitization and Innovations for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Fusko

Dulina

Bubeník

et al. 2021

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The importance of new disrupting technologies and innovations is crucial for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are critical to large factories because, in many cases, they are their suppliers. Therefore, there is a need for digitization solutions, innovative approaches, and disruptive technologies in these factories. These areas significantly disrupt the usual processes in SMEs. SMEs thus have to deal with significant changes in their business in a relatively short time. The benefits of new approaches for SMEs are described in the second half of the article in the case study. This study deals with the possibility of using a software tool from previous research on the workplace for the production planning and logistics systems team in the selected Slovak factory. The paper itself focuses on the Slovak engineering industry, digitalization and innovations. The selected factory manufactures compressor technology. The factory did not hesitate to use the possibility of cooperation and verification of various functionalities. The cooperation aimed to analyze the current state of production of the selected product and the subsequent design of increasing productivity and economic efficiency concerning improving its internal conditions.

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Section: Future State Proposalmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Importance of Digitization and Innovations for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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Dulina

Bubeník

et al. 2021

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“…Modeling through simulation is one of the most widely used techniques and can be considered a representation of a real system and in which it is experimented with the purpose of having a better understanding of its behavior and evaluating the impact of alternative strategies [19]. In today's dynamic environment, simulation helps us understand complex processes and can be used to make decisions within organizations [20].…”

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Productivity Improvement through Reengineering and Simulation: A Case Study in a Footwear-Industry

2020

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Process reengineering is a very useful tool, specifically in industrial engineering where technological advances, information systems, customer requirements, and more have led to the need for radical change in some or all areas of an organization. The objective of this work is to show the usefulness of applying reengineering in the case of the footwear industry to make a proposal to change the problem area and the production decoration line as well as compare it with the current process using models of simulation performed in the Arena™ software. The proposal consisted of merging two production lines and comparing the current design with the proposal as well as comparing different parameters such as the use of resources and the production rate. The results indicated that the production rate increases by approximately 29% with the new design, using the same resources. In addition, using the OptQuest tool of the Arena™ software, it was found that with the new process, the production rate could be increased by up to 41% compared to the current process.

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“…The great advantage of these tools is that they allow changes in existing production systems by experimentation [1]. Therefore, simulation and modelling will become an integral part of the planning and control of the processes of the factories of the future [2]. [3] argue that companies rely on the power of simulation every day to gain a competitive advantage in their market.…”

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Simulation as a Tool for Process Optimization in a Manufacturing Company

2021

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Research background: In today’s global world and many major market players, companies are forced to streamline and optimize their processes. They can use many methods for this purpose. One of the modern and innovative methods is process simulation. Simulation is experimenting with a computer model of a real production system in order to optimize the production process. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this article is to point out how it is possible to optimize processes in a manufacturing plant using a simulation tool. Methods: The main methods used were mainly method of analysis and simulation software Tecnomatix Plant Simulation, version 15.0.5 from Siemens company. The authors used the method of analysis both in the processing of the theoretical basis of the problem, as well as in the analysis of processes in the manufacturing company. This analysis provided important information inputs for creating a simulation model that reflects the current state of material flows in the company. Findings & Value added: The results were obtained based on performed experiments with the created initial model of the current state of material flows. These experiments were performed using a tool of genetic algorithms that are part of the simulation software. The parameter that was assessed in the individual experiments was the production time of the entire production plan. Based on the process simulation, it was possible to reduce this time, which increased the production efficiency and throughput of material flows in the production plant.

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Modeling and Simulation of Processes in a Factory of the Future

Cited by 47 publications

References 28 publications

The Importance of Digitization and Innovations for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

The Importance of Digitization and Innovations for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Productivity Improvement through Reengineering and Simulation: A Case Study in a Footwear-Industry

Simulation as a Tool for Process Optimization in a Manufacturing Company

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