Simulation models for the study of productive enterprises

Authors

  • Oscar Daniel Quiroga Universidad Nacional del Litoral
  • Germán Rossetti Universidad Nacional del Litoral
  • Leticia Milena Arcusin Universidad Nacional del Litoral
  • Diego Costa Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Keywords:

FMS. Models. Fruit Pulp Production. Simulation.

Abstract

This work studies the behavior of two different production systems: a fruit pulp plant and a metal mechanics plant that uses a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). The study is done by means of a simulation technique and the SIMUL8 software is used. In first place, basic simulation models are developed for each case and from these cases different work alternatives are proposed within the productive enterprises. By analyzing the final results, it could be inferred that the simulation models reproduce the real production systems, and them result in a very useful tool to do a detailed study, not only of the capacity, but the estimation of production times.

Author Biographies

Oscar Daniel Quiroga, Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Doctor en Ingeniería Industrial por la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, España
Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial
1° de Mayo 3250 – 4° piso, CP: S3000FKV
Santa Fe, Argentina

Leticia Milena Arcusin, Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Licenciada en Economía de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina

Estudiante de la Maestría en Administración Estratégica de Negocios de la Universidad

Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Argentina

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería Química

1º de Mayo 3250 – 4º Piso, CP: S3000FKV

Santa Fe, Argentina

Diego Costa, Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Ingeniero Industrial de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina

Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería Química

1º de Mayo 3250 – 4º Piso, CP: S3000FKV

Santa Fe, Argentina

Published

2010-03-08

How to Cite

Quiroga, O. D., Rossetti, G., Arcusin, L. M., & Costa, D. (2010). Simulation models for the study of productive enterprises. IJIE – Iberoamerican Journal of Industrial Engineering, 1(2), 02–23. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/IJIE/article/view/104683