Constantly growing customer requirements, increased international competitive pressure and rapid technological change require companies in almost all industries to offer a product range that is both rich in variants and cost-effective. However, as the number of variants increases, production systems are increasingly reaching the limits of their ability to maintain efficient production without adaptation mechanisms. In particular, material supply, the efficient supply of production resources with the right materials, at the right time and in the right quantity, is becoming increasingly complex in this context, as numerous different materials have to be provided at different locations.
For this reason, numerous technical innovations and alternative transportation concepts, such as driverless transport systems, have been developed in recent years in order to handle the supply of materials efficiently. The multitude of transport alternatives for material supply often differ in numerous areas such as reliability, technically possible transport speed or transport costs in the operational area. The question therefore arises as to the choice of the most advantageous means of transportation in different situations. Since a large number of production steps must also be carried out in an industrial context and the appropriate material must be provided, simulation models are used to enable the evaluation of transportation alternatives.
The aim of this work is therefore the development and implementation of a simulation model for the evaluation of different types of material provision in production.
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Important note on the supervision of Master's theses: A successfully completed Master's specialization (10 ECTS) in Production and Logistics is required!