FastEstimationofProductionTimesastheDecisionSupportforDeliveryTimesandProductionCosts.docVIP

FAST ESTIMATAION OF PRODUCTION TIMES AS THE DECISION SUPPORT FOR DELIVERY TIMES AND PRODUCTION COSTS Predrag ?osi?, Dra?en Antoli? Prof.dr.sc. P. ?osi?, University of Zagreb, FSB, I. Lucica 5, 10 000 Zagreb predrag.cosic@fsb.hr; http://ptp.fsb.hr Mr.sc. D. Antoli?, (AD) Production Company, 10 000 Zagreb, drazen.antolic@zg.htnet.hr Keywords: fast process planning, technological knowledge base, stepwise multiple linear regression Abstract Very frequently we must answer on some important requests for offers, generated for individual or batch production, for example: great number of requested offers for production of products at once, small batches with very rarely repetition, frequently changes of priorities during production, short deadlines of deadline of delivery, market demands for approaching prices of the individual or batch production near the prices of mass production etc. Purpose of this research was establishing possible connections between sketch features and necessary production times for manufacturing products. Research of the connection between production time and features of products give us as result technological knowledge base and regression equations. 1. INTRODUCTION Process planning could be presented like a balance between producing a part meets functional requirements, minimal production time and minimal production cost. Relation between part manufacturing, production time and cost certainly exists but is not always very clear. The operations defined in process planning have to be put in certain order according to precedence relationships based on technical or economical constraints. Operations sequencing depends on many influences like: nature of the material, general shape of the part, required level of accuracy, blank size, number of parts in the batch, possible choice of machine tools, etc. The expected difficulties in the process of solving operations sequencing can be: pattern recognition, selection of datum, connection between machining