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Advances in Production Engineering & Management
Volume 15 | Number 1 | March 2020 | pp 18–30

https://doi.org/10.14743/apem2020.1.346

Improvement of logistics in manufacturing system by the use of simulation modelling: A real industrial case study
Straka, M.; Khouri, S.; Lenort, R.; Besta, P.
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A B S T R A C T
The current practice and the requirements of industrial enterprises in all industrial areas require a detailed display of manufacturing systems course of events. In this paper, we studied the effects and impacts of computer simulation to improve the actual industrial production. We also verified whether the proposed simulation model and its intervention in the logistics of concrete production in a concrete manufacturing enterprise will correspond to reality. The EXTENDSIM simulation software was used. The simulation results utilization in practice has increased the actual production several times. The simulation results indicated that it is necessary to double the intensity of company supply, i.e. a frequency of entry set to 0.15 days for each timber type. This adjustment increased the performance of unutilized devices and the whole manufacturing system several times, up to 54,475 produced building timber elements, which represents an increase of production by about 199.6 % while maintaining company flexibility.

A R T I C L E   I N F O
Keywords • Manufacturing; Logistics; Simulation; Modelling; Optimization; EXTENDSIM
Corresponding authorStraka, M.
Article history • Received 29 September 2017, Revised 24 February 2020, Accepted 16 March 2020
Published on-line • 31 March 2020

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