QUICK WORKPLACE ANALYSIS USING SIMULATION

Abstract

Modelling and simulation is a highly progressive area that can create significant financial savings for companies that use it. Simulations can be used in the production area to analyse or verify certain decisions and conditions, on the basis of which correct measures can be taken. However, modelling is a highly time-consuming and therefore costly process, which narrows its use for decisions in high-priority processes. The content of the article is a description and results of the created tool designed for quick analysis of the workplace using simulation. The entire process of functioning was described through Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams. Siemens's Tecnomatix Plant Simulation software was used to create the tool. The tool itself was compared both to the length of creation of the mid-size simulation model and the time variance of model creation in a standard way. The tool can be used to reduce the time needed to create a model that is used to analyse the selected workplace, which ultimately increases the productivity of the simulation expert. (Received in May 2022, accepted in July 2022. This paper was with the authors 1 week for 1 revision.).