MODELING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE MAIN PACKAGING LINE OF A BREWING COMPANY

N. BASÁN, L. RAMOS, M. COCCOLA, C. A. MÉNDEZ

Roma

Congreso; 26th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; 2013

This paper introduces advance techniques of modeling and simulation in order to represent the activities involving in a beer filling line located in the second largest beer company in Argentina. To optimally manage design and operational activities in such packaging system, a discrete simulation model is developed. The resulting model can be used to evaluate model sensitivity to determine the impact of specific operational parameters on the performance of the line logic. The results, obtained through the proposed method, conclude that significantly growth in production level can be achieved.