A simulation testbed for decision system evaluation in a furniture manufacturing group
Résumé
In this paper, we present the result of a cooperative work between a furniture manufacturer and the Tracilog1 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 tool was to obtain a better control of led times and work in process. Finally, the modelling structure, enabling to use different control system, is evoked.