Production scheduling is the process of maximizing the efficiency of production through the detailed planning of manufacturing operations in the short-term. In this blog post, we will illustrate how exactly this has been done using real-world examples from different ...
Comparing and Implementing Job Shop Scheduling Techniques with AI-powered Simulation
... The model will usually run for about 100 generations, reducing the number of schedules each time. At the end, the best schedule will be available. The user can then look at the best solution in the simulation model to find out in more detail the production schedule, total setup time, total production time, and total delay time. The model interface and a production schedule including total setup time, total production time, and total delay time (click to enlarge) Results ...
Production Scheduling Software for Metal Meshes Factory
... days to in a few hours or even less. Provided a way to predict and anticipate potential problems, such as warehousing saturation, and take preventive actions to avoid them. Allowed them to anticipate the raw material requirement, which can be used to schedule production in processes from other sectors of the factory. Enabled them to make important strategic decisions, for example, to assess the operational impact of manufacturing certain products or to discontinue the ones that were not profitable. Accurate ...
Steel Pipe Manufacturing Scheduling with Simulation Software
... identified bottlenecks, and refined order routing. They also combined short downtimes into longer intervals and used them to enhance line utilization. Furthermore, schedule adjustment time was reduced from three hours to three minutes. Overall, modeling the production line and developing schedules with it lead to a forecasted additional production output of 678 tons and an increase in revenue of $813 thousand per week. In the future, there are plans to further extend the model to function as a digital twin of the shop floor ...
Pet Food Production Optimization Using Manufacturing Process Simulation Software
... which aimed to: Align production with demand. Optimize production phases. Minimize production waste. Maximize plant occupancy. To reach these goals, the ITE Consult team decided to apply manufacturing simulation as a perfect approach for better production scheduling and bottleneck visualization. It would help the team visualize the manufacturing process, get insights into process phases, see how they affect each other, and test various scheduling and production profiles in a risk-free environment. ...