Web-based value stream oriented simulation of production control

Abstract

Production control faces the challenge to cope with high market dynamics and high complexity in production structures. Therefore, simulation is often used to configure production control properly. Today, the generation and configuration of these simulation models need expert knowledge and cause high costs. The presented approach shows how simulation models can be generated in short times and without expert knowledge within simulation. Therefore a web-based platform is configured, which enables the employees to generate a simulation model of the production. Since the structure of these simulation models is modular, the employees can upload input data and chose different strategies of production control by themselves in order to optimize their current production control. By integration of employees within the simulation generation process, the acceptance in simulation and in simulation results increases.