Dynamic and adaptive allocation of workers to integrate human factors into cyber production systems

This work was supported by the KEGA Agency under the contract no.: 022ŽU-4/2018.This article presents an adaptive, dynamic, and individualized method of staff allocation. The developed method is based on information about individual workers, a new flexible system of cyber-physical production, and communication between the participants of such a production system. According to the communication scenario, the requirements of the production flow and the production station are compared with the information about the employees. This provides the basis for the decision to assign staff. Workers are only assigned to production stations that match their qualifications and personal characteristics. For better integration of human factors into the CPPS, satisfaction with the work of each worker must also be taken into account. Therefore, a satisfaction value is defined for each production operation and production station and part of the employee information. The goal is to increase productivity in the production system and the satisfaction of each worker