Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the student will understand what production simulation means and what benefits can be achieved by using simulation. Students can use different simulation programs to visualize and optimize production operations and have the skills required to carry out a simulation project.

In addition, the student should be able to:
-Evaluate their own work and that of others
-Critically study and give feedback to report works
-Crictically evaluate different technical methods
-Account for and discuss opinions
-Argument and reason around technical questions

Content

Simulation, theory and practice.
Modeling a factory floor.
Optimization of material flow, identification of bottlenecks, reduction of blockages and waiting times, dimensioning of manufacturing and transport resources.
Cost calculation for simulations.
Flow simulations with logic program.

Location and time

See course schedule

Materials

We do not actually use a textbook, instead we use resources from here and from there - but if you learn the best by reading a proper book from A to Z, I recommend:
* Stephens, Matthew P.; Meyers, Fred E. (2013). Manufacturing facilities design and material handling. Purdue University Press. Fifth edition. ISBN 9781557536501
* Grigoryev, Ilya (2018). AnyLogic 8 in Three Days: A Quick Course in Simulation Modeling. ISBN 9781508933748

Teaching methods

Project-based learning, lectures, exercises, feedback

Exam schedules

By performing weekly project works and by participating in feedback sessions (with discussion) or self-development activities and excursion or guest lecture you collect points that lead to the final grade.
The first return box closes automatically the evening before the week's lecture. The report submitted here is assessed and scored within one week. The second submission box will remain open until the course starts again next year (if you have no grade by then you start again from zero points). These "late" submissions are graded within one month.
Course grade within two weeks after the last project, or within one month after the last submission.

Completion alternatives

Can be completed without attendance in class - you can do the projects on your own and can perform self-development activities instead of participating in feedback sessions (see more about these in Moodle).

Student workload

81h

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knows the importance of simulation in the manufacturing process.
On request, can analyze a simulation model made
Knows the connection between production flow, production capital cost and profitability
Knows some of the area's central concepts in a foreign language
Can participate in a discussion about production simulation and modeling

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Can make a model for simulation of production in a simulation program.
Can independently analyze and improve a model made
Understands how the dynamic production process can affect profitability, output and cash flow
Can understand texts in a foreign language that deal with the current theme
Can hold a presentation about production simulation and modeling

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Can optimize different models, by pointing out imbalances in the production flow and opening bottlenecks.
Can evaluate and suggest improvements for a simulation model
Can propose improvements that affect the company's profitability, output and cash flow
Can read literature in a foreign language about production simulation
Can describe and explain the role and importance of simulation in production to third parties
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Assessment methods and criteria

See moodle

Qualifications

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Further information

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