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2024 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Analysis of the Impact of Automation on a Workstation at an Industrial Company Using Simulation
Authors : Catarina Costa, Luís Pinto Ferreira, Paulo Ávila, Ana Luísa Ramos
Published in: The 17th International Conference Interdisciplinarity in Engineering
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
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Abstract
In everyday life, the production lines of companies are required to be flexible, rapidly adopting new processes and methods in order to ensure their competitiveness in the market. The main objective of this study was to analyze the impact of automation on a workstation at an industrial company which paints accessories. By means of simulation, one was able to identify several aspects that negatively affect the company’s overall capacity, namely reduced productivity and long cycle times. The digital tools developed through Visual Basic for Applications constituted the starting point for the automation of several repetitive and bureaucratic tasks which support decision-making, initiating the process of Digital Transformation at the organization. In economic terms, this improvement in the workplace can potentially reduce costs in the order of thousands of euros annually, in addition to increasing productivity thus improving the company’s general performance.