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Manufacturing Processes Design with UML and ERP Standard: A Case Study

The following paper is to introduce an approach to production process design based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) standard and benefiting from UML (Unified Modeling Language) standard. The goal of the paper is to present methodology and tools for designing, optimization and implementation of manufacturing and service processes with unified language UML and ERP standards. The paper is organized in two main sections. In the first one MRP/ERP standard is briefly described and OMG-UML/RUP (Object Management Group-Unified Modeling Language/Rational Unified Process) is introduced. In the second a case study on company representing food industry is developed to present some examples of object-oriented modeling based on UML standard. The case study object is a company representing food industry, which makes manufacturing processes it performs really sensitive for health, safety and hygiene issues on one hand and cost efficiency on the other, resulting in necessity of holistic and multi criteria approach, provided by ERP standard application, necessary.

The Framework of IT Tool Supporting Layout Redesign in a Selected Industrial Company

Facility layout is a problem that has been discussed in the literature for a long time, and together with growing complexity of products and advance it manufacturing process it has been gaining its importance, however in the same time becoming more and more difficult to solve. The goal of the research is to develop a tool supporting the process of designing the facility layout. In their study, the authors used the method of observation and interview. These methods allowed for a more detailed analysis of the company as well as the processes occurring in it and thoroughly analyze its needs and requirements, and model it at proper level of detail. Hence, the first step is the analysis of the literature on facility layout models. The next part presents the subject of the research. Presentation of the company is to bring the specificity of production process which is crucial for the design process and subsequent reorganization of the facility. In the last part, the authors present the concept of a computer tool that is to support the process of the facility layout. This concept is modeled using UML diagrams. The work ends with a summary and directions of further research.