Open AccessProposal of Improvement for a Textile Finishing Company in the Medellin city Through of Discrete Simulation
Author(s) -
Juan Alexander Marin,
Cristhian Camilo Mosquera,
Yony Fernando Ceballos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scientia et technica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-7214
pISSN - 0122-1701
DOI - 10.22517/23447214.24540
Subject(s) - discrete event simulation , textile , simulation software , computer science , event (particle physics) , factory (object oriented programming) , presentation (obstetrics) , production (economics) , simulation modeling , industrial engineering , software , manufacturing engineering , operations research , simulation , engineering , economics , operating system , medicine , physics , macroeconomics , archaeology , radiology , quantum mechanics , microeconomics , programming language , history
The textile industry in Colombia is a source of employment for more than 200.000 people and more than 50% of this production is undertaken in Medellin. Modeling and improving textile processes allow this economic line to be competitive internationally. In this paper, we make a description about the use of discrete event simulation in a textile finishing company through the presentation of the results of four scenarios, which finally shows the potential of discrete simulations in productive environments and its high impact when modelling part of reality without the necessity of experimenting with the real system. The method used in this paper is summarized in three major stages: the first one is the simulation methodology, the second one is the data to support the simulation, and the final stage is an analysis of the results with the comparison of the four scenarios. The simulation was statistically validated and verified with the real behaviors of the company and it is executed by using software tools such as EasyFit®, Microsoft Excel® and Simul8®.