THE REDESIGN OF THE PROCESS CONTROL OF CONCRETE SYSTEMS LTD PTY FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PRODUCTION PROCESS

摘要

This article describes a research project concerning a case study performed at Concrets Systems Ltd. Pty. (CS) Analysis of the problem situation at CS showed that the day planning of the production process was never realized, the production capacity was not used efficiently and a high amount of waste concrete was created per day. The research goal was therefore to redesign the process control in order to gain a controlled production process, such that the production capacity is used efficiently and that products are used effectively. The redesign should be able to realize the day planning and to minimize waste concrete. The redesign was defined according to the steps of the innovation model as a design process [In't Veld. 2002] and was validated with a simulation model. Experiments with the simulation model showed that the redesign will lead to a better controlled production process and is able to fulfill the research goal.