OPTIMIZING A BEVERAGE CAN PRODUCTION LINE BY MATERIAL FLOW SIMULATION

摘要

The paper proposes an optimizing algorithm based on a virtual model of a processing architecture. To illustrate this algorithm we have chosen a beverage production line, a diffused processing architecture using productivity as the main performance indicator. The material flow management of this beverage can production line will be based on its virtual model in order to identify and eliminate material flow concentrators and increase productivity. Simulation will be used to diagnose the initial performance of the system structural elements as well as to validate the optimized system performances after eliminating the bottlenecks. The algorithm could easily be adapted to any manufacturing or processing architecture based on discrete material flow, where the circulating entities (e.g. parts) are distinct and countable.