A SIMULATION TESTBED FOR DECISION SYSTEM EVALUATION IN A FURNITURE MANUFACTURING GROUP

Abstract In this paper, we present the result of a cooperative work between a furniture manufacturer and the Tracilog 1 team belonging to the Research Center for Automatic Control, in Nancy. This work led to develop a simulation test bed, enabling both validation and improvement of the currently used planning process, and testing of new control structures, emerging from research works. A cutting plan evaluation tool and a workshop scheduling evaluation tool are presented. The main objective of the developed testbed was to obtain a better control of lead times and work in process. Finally, the modelling structure, enabling to use different control system, is evoked.

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