DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SCHEDULING AND SIMULATION SOFTWARE.

The objective of the article is to present the linking of simulation and planning software. The paper begins with a review of recent literature as well as description of the problem under investigation. Following from practical requirements, five decision-making rules were implemented to the production process. In the final part, the overall results to ensure time and economic efficiency of the production process are presented. The obtained results show that the best option is to apply the rule during which the first part to be machined is the one that first enters the production process to ensure minimum production time, maximum machine load and limit machine costs. By application of this rule, the total production time accounts for 524 seconds at the total cost of 7914.60 €. The overall benefits of the research are being described in details in the final part of the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]