IMPROVING THE PROCESS OF MANUAL ASSEMBLY OF COMPLEX PRODUCTS WITH SIMULATION METHOD

Raziskovalno delo zajema preučevanje uporabnosti in smiselnosti uporabe simulacijskih orodij. Cilj raziskave je usmerjen k preverjanju uporabnosti simulacij pri analiziranju procesov na praktičnem primeru proizvodnega oddelka, kar bi lahko privedlo do izboljšanja procesov. Podjetja se v sodobnem času soočajo z izredno hitrim razvojem programskih orodij, ki so jim na voljo. Simulacijska orodja so uporabna, vendar zahtevajo uporabo večje množice podatkov z različnimi vrstami primerov. Iskali smo primerno in ugodno rešitev ter na uporabnem orodju postopoma prikazali vse predhodne faze, ki morajo biti izvedene pred simulacijo. Prikaz uporabe smo skušali nadgraditi z analiziranjem trenutnega stanja procesov v proizvodnem oddelku, pri čemer smo iskali posamezne parametre s »kaj če« scenariji, ki bi vplivali na spremembo oziroma na potencialno izboljševanje poslovanja v prihodnosti.The research consists from the study of applicability of simulation tools and its advisability of that applicability. The applicability of the simulation tools of the processes under investigation and their possible further improvement is considered on the case study. Companies are facing rapid development of software tools where simulation tools are useful if large databases with a wide range of different scenarios are available. For this purpose, simulation tools were investigated based on appropriate software tool, where all preliminary phases, required for the simulation, were gradually presented. Applicability of the simulation tools was upgraded by up to date status of the processes in production department, where singular parameters of "what if" scenarios, which could affect the change or present the possibility of the improvement of the operations in the future, were investigated