Modelling and Simulation of Manufacturing Processes in Managing and Planning of Machines’ Setup

Abstract

S u m m a r y In the paper, there is presented the practical application of the modelling and simulation in managing and planning of machines' setup. There are described principles and stages of the production system improvement with the theory of constraints (TOC) and illustrated by the example of analysis of the whole production line, which aim was the bottleneck determining, and the analysis of operations, which are realized in the bottleneck. Main attention in this analyse was focused on the problem of the production setup. Exchange of tools and reconversion of production devices on the production of other product are non value added activities. It means activities, which we should limit. There is presented, that with use of simulation it is possible to check different variants of possible ways of machines' setup and to choose the best process run for realization.