Production planning and scheduling with material handling using modelling and simulation

Abstract

Increase flexibility of manufacturing requires implementation of effective planning IT tools. Planning and scheduling problems traditionally consider the production resources as the only constraints. Since the raw material and intermediate transferring times are relevant in relation to the production times, it is required to model the material handling equipment and its activities. The problem of scheduling subject to manufacturing and logistical constraints based on data-driven models generation method is presented. A KbRS and FlexSim systems are used as a scheduling tool.