Abstract Virtual production in the virtual factory is a modern approach to support the production process and offers a possibility to achieve continuous progress at the logistical level of the organization of the production process. The first part of the paper presents an innovative approach of a virtual factory for use in SMEs with one off production. In the following, a virtual factory created on this basis and on real example of a tool shop is explained. With simple settings, the simulation of the defined production plans can be carried out quickly and the simulation results can be used to identify potential bottlenecks and thus to create an optimal production plan. In the third part, the built-in indicators are explained, which clearly characterized the state of the production process in the virtual factory. It is possible to identify the progress of each operation on a time axis. It is also possible to identify the expected utilization of production capacities depending on the various set of production parameters and the utilization of production processes by production capacity. And as the next option it is easy to determine the free production capacities for the selected period.

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虚拟工厂作为改进生产流程的有用工具

摘要 虚拟工厂中的虚拟生产是一种支持生产过程的现代方法，并提供了在生产过程组织的后勤层面实现持续进步的可能性。本文的第一部分介绍了一种虚拟工厂的创新方法，用于一次性生产的中小企业。下面将解释在此基础上创建的虚拟工厂和刀具车间的真实示例。通过简单的设置，可以快速对定义的生产计划进行模拟，模拟结果可以用来识别潜在的瓶颈，从而创建一个最佳的生产计划。第三部分对内置指标进行了说明，清楚地表征了虚拟工厂中生产过程的状态。可以在时间轴上识别每个操作的进度。还可以根据不同的生产参数集和生产能力对生产过程的利用来确定生产能力的预期利用率。作为下一个选项，可以轻松确定所选期间的空闲生产能力。