A Task-driven Capacity Evaluation Method and System Development for Complex Manufacturing Environments
LI Tao
WU You
LI Chuandong
LIU Chao
Abstract：In the context of increasingly fierce manufacturing competition and growing complex production tasks,accurate production capacity evaluation is essential for enterprises to maintain competitiveness and enhance production efficiency.However,traditional man-hour-based estimation methods demonstrate significant limitations in addressing complex manufacturing environments,particularly in handling dynamic disturbances during production processes.This study proposes a task-driven capacity evaluation simulation system for complex manufacturing environments.The system integrates functional modules including production line definition,order management,capacity analysis,simulation execution,and capacity evaluation.It calculates theoretical effective capacity through analytical methods and estimates actual capacity via the order-driven discrete-time simulation,thereby achieving production simulation and capacity evaluation under non-ideal conditions.A case study conducted in a machining workshop of a manufacturing enterprise demonstrates that the proposed method and system can more accurately evaluate production capacity and calculate equipment utilization in non-ideal environments,providing greater flexibility and reliability compared with traditional approaches.
Keywords：production capacity evaluationtask-drivenmanufacturing processmodeling and simulationcomplex manufacturing environment
Publication Date：2025-12-31
Online Publishing Date：2026-01-16(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：13( 159-171 )