Development of an Automated Industrial Dynamics System

Abstract

The object of research is the process of determining the main indicators of the functioning of a manufacturing enterprise using the method of system dynamics. Any enterprise for the production and sale of products is a complex socio-economic system that is closely related to the external environment through input and output channels. The external environment determines the conditions for the functioning of the enterprise and can be described by a set of a large number of different parameters, the values of which will dynamically change and are fundamentally indeterminate.

Coordination and control over material and financial flows at a manufacturing enterprise is often a separate problem. The interaction of financial resources and material flows, which are selected by the enterprise as the main ones in accordance with market requirements and the specifics of the activity, must be coordinated accordingly to achieve a more efficient operation of the enterprise. Therefore, the task of the presented study is to develop a model of material and financial flows of a production enterprise with its further software implementation. The purpose of the software implementation is to further conduct experiments with the model to determine the main indicators of the production enterprise, depending on changes in the functioning parameters due to the external environment.

All the variety of modeling methods considered in modeling theory can be conditionally divided into two groups: analytical and simulation modeling. To solve the problem of this study, simulation modeling was used, which provides for the construction of a model with characteristics adequate to the original on the basis of a certain information principle.

In the course of the research, a model of material and financial flows of a production enterprise was built. The mathematical model of flows was developed using the system dynamics method by J. Forrester. An automated system was also developed, which is a software implementation of the proposed model.

The automated system of industrial dynamics of a production enterprise developed in the study will significantly increase the efficiency and scientific validity of decisions regarding the management of material and financial resources.