4.1 Simulation, Evaluation & Optimization - cycle time reduction and optimization scenario

Due to increasing demand, you can increase the production volume of your plant. Therefore, management, together with the production management, proposes a reduction of the takt time to 190 seconds. You are to use ipolog to check whether this takt time change can be implemented.  

Please create a copy of the scenario that has been set up.

To do this, go to the created scenario in the project overview and select the edit button.

Continue as follows and adjust the title and description of the scenario and save the copy with the Save as command.

Now open the new scenario and go to Options and reduce the cycle time there under the tab "Simulation" and confirm with Enter.

The goal of this task is for the assembly line (as shown in the previous steps) to be as fully utilized as possible.

Tips:

• e.g. reduce walking distances by moving material

• e.g. optimize utilization of employees, leveling of process times for assembly ranges

• ….

Now optimize the line and apply the knowledge you learned from the previous tasks - be creative!

Save your progress.