Improving the production flow and efficiency of the manufacturing system supported by the KBRS scheduling system

An effective optimization process carried out in industrial conditions requires multiple actions in many different areas and the dynamic nature of the manufacturing system and its environment enforce its constant repetition. The paper presents selected techniques for increasing production flow efficiency that can be regarded as a first step of production flow optimization. The considered model was built on the basis of a real production system of mechanical industry, located in Silesia, Poland. A number of improvement actions was proposes, among which the most significant are: elimination of unused and slightly loaded resources, changing transportation lots between workstations, strengthening bottlenecks and optimization of a schedule. In the study the KBRS scheduling system [10] as a tool for solve complex scheduling problems and supporting particular simulations was used. In the result of carried out activities the significant improvements of the production schedule was achieved, in comparison to initial schedule.