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Title:

Web-Based Simulation Of Production Schedules With High-Level Petri Nets

Authors:

Carlo Simon

Published in:

 

 

 

(2018). ECMS 2018 Proceedings Edited by: Lars Nolle, Alexandra Burger, Christoph Tholen, Jens Werner, Jens Wellhausen European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2018-0005

 

ISSN: 2522-2422 (ONLINE)

ISSN: 2522-2414 (PRINT)

ISSN: 2522-2430 (CD-ROM)

 

32nd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Wilhelmshaven, Germany, May 22nd – May 265h, 2018

 

 

Citation format:

Carlo Simon (2018). Web-Based Simulation Of Production Schedules With High-Level Petri Nets, ECMS 2018 Proceedings Edited by: Lars Nolle, Alexandra Burger, Christoph Tholen, Jens Werner, Jens Wellhausen European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2018-0275

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7148/2018-0275

Abstract:

The paper addresses a problem, practitioners in produc-tion and logistics are faced with every day: Although sev-eral mathematical solutions including Petri net approaches exist for the simulation of complex processes, appropriate and simple to use tools do not exist. In the following, the results of a two year running research project are presented which addresses this problem. Guided by the Design Sci-ence Research approach, in this project a programming lan-guage and a programming and simulation environment for higher Petri nets has been developed, tested and evaluated. Method and tool are applied to complex simulation prob-lems in production planning and control now. The follow-ing results had to be achieved:

1) Schedule-related data like customer orders and their prioritization can be considered now. 2) Various produc-tion strategies such as push or pull can be applied. 3) Com-plex data types including date and time information are sup-ported. 4) Working time and downtime of machines can be imported from external data sources like an MES in order to calculate productivity measures like an OEE index.

The tool has been developed as a web-based system in order to support mobile use even on the shop floor. The application of language, tool and simulation results are demonstrated here introductorily at the example of a (sim-ple) production control. The problems handled in current industry projects are more complex of course.

 

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