METHODOLOGY FOR LAYOUT AND INTRALOGISTICS REDESIGN USING SIMULATION

The paper describes a methodology for layout and intralogistics redesign using simulation. This methodology is composed of five stages: Topography, Product & Process, Linkages, Simulation, and Results. Key foundations are defined as PFEP (Plan for Every Part), Workstation as basic object for simulation, high level script language, cyclic processes, and 3D core simulation. The simulation model is built based on an earlier-prepared AutoCad drawing as background and on data in Excel about the Bill of Materials, PFEP, Container List, Assignment, and Operations. The simulation model is built using the developed template, which significantly shortens the modeling time.