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» Papirnica Vevce

Our client

Papirnica Vevce d.o.o. (PV) is a leading Slovenian paper mill. PV produces label papers, paper for flexible packaging, printing papers, writing papers, woodfree papers coated and art papers. PV is located in Ljubljana and is owned by Brigl & Bergmeister GmbH, Austria. Around 340 employees work for PV producing an annual output of 100,000t. Its annual turnover is 100 million € (2007).

Targets

Replan process buffer to remove congestion

Our Services

Concept for new buffer storage area, throughput simulation of the process following the buffer

Results

Technical concept for the new storage area, basis for investment decision-making

The project

Papirnica Vevce d.o.o. has been a long-time customer of TSM and approached us with the question how to solve congestion in one of its production buffers. The initial aim was to plan a new storage area and relocate the process buffer there, while TSM provides the technical concept for the new storage. The concept should discussion technical storage solutions such as high bay racking, as well as self-guiding transport system to the next process step.

While TSM worked on that concept, the question on how to size the storage area naturally leaded to the question of how much throughput the following process can handle. As many circumstances affect the way the semi-finished goods can be processed, there was no conclusive results with rough traditional estimates. We therefore turned to simulate the process. TSM worked through 3 months worth of production data, rearranging the order and composition of the production runs to maximize the yield. The gap between the actual result and the simulation result is the capacity reserve that one would get under optimal long-term planning conditions.

To reach to original goal to clear the process congestion, TSM delivered a concept to technically replan the storage area of the process buffer, while also presenting estimates to help an investment decision between a new planning system – allowing for better utilizetion – and new machine capacities.

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