MANUFACTURING SIMULATION, KEY IN DECISION-MAKING

Abstract

The simulation of discrete events is a procedure that allows us to create models, employing software, which will then be used to analyse system behaviour under different circumstances, analysing all the changes possible and their consequences. Unfortunately, there are still many industrial areas that do not make use of the advantages that this technology offers in decision-making, cutting down costs and optimising industrial processes. This article intends to give an overview of simulation, the manufacturing facets where it can be applied and the benefits that this technology can report. Finally, presented as an example is the case of a small and medium-sized enterprise in the furniture industry that uses simulation as a design tool for a new production process based on one-piece flow. Keywords: Simulation, industrial process, QUEST.