Technical and economic verification of the convenience in reengineering a production line using simulation techniques

The work shows some proposals for achieving the production flow optimization of an engineering company production lines, operating in the automotive sector. Moving from the analysis of the actual line production efficiency, either by simulative techniques, either by technical-economic analyses, some improvement actions have been proposed and validated. The results obtained, referring to production capacity and equipment state, have point out that the proposed solution permits both a productive flow optimisation and a productiveness increase. © 2013 DIME UNIVERSITÀ DI GENOVA