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A New Simulation-Based Approach to Schedule Personnel Deployment Times in Decentrally Controlled Production Systems

Authors:
Julia Schwemmer
Thorsten Schmidt
Michael Völker

Keywords: CPPS; simulation-based optimization; workforce requirement planning

Abstract:
The fourth industrial revolution rises new challenges for personnel planning. On the one hand, the decentralization of production control gains a new level of flexibility. Without a fully detailed production schedule in advance, the workforce requirement will be just identified during the current processes. Therefore, it is almost impossible to deduce the concrete times of workforce requirement in advance, but this would be necessary for workforce scheduling. On the other hand, manual activities themselves will change in smart factories, resulting in a reduced deployment continuity. In order to ensure efficient resource planning, including workforce, the project Sim4PeP develops a simulation-based forecasting method to schedule workforce deployment times in a decentrally controlled production system for short- to medium-term planning horizons.

Pages: 19 to 23

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: October 18, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4537

ISBN: 978-1-61208-831-0

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from October 18, 2020 to October 22, 2020