A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING NON-PRODUCTIVE IDLE TIMES WITHIN AN AUTOMATION PROCESS

摘要

The invention relates to a system (1) and method for minimizing non-productive idle times within an automation process executed by an automation facility, said system (1) comprising a model memory (7) which stores a probabilistic model (PM) of a distribution of object exchange times of objects used or consumed in the automation process; and an optimizer (13) adapted to calculate optimal assignments of objects to magazine positions of an object storage magazine (3) depending on the probabilistic model (PM) and depending on a sequence of productive non-idle times of objects used or consumed in process steps of the automation process.