Use of Simulation to Determine the Production Capacity of Plastics Line in MSMEs

Currently, Industry 5.0 gave an unexpected turn to Production, since the new concept of “Technology as an aid and not as a threat” makes labor necessary for production to be efficient through current technologies, which makes an important resilience in production lines. This document gives us a visibility of how to optimize production lines by means of simulation for future decision making in a MSMEs. In this case the main objective is to reduce line production capacity but maintaining process output. The simulation is about reduce from three to two machines process and supply the current demand. The analysis based on structural, operational, and numerical data is the fundamental basis for the simulation analysis. We followed the Harrell-Ghosh-Bowden simulation procedure, which allows analyze, compile, and propose the solution of an event in a practical and straightforward way. In this paper we evaluate the decision scenarios proposed by the stakeholders in a production line of MSMEs, and we suggest the scenario with the best results using simulation tools to improve the operation. The simulation process let improve the production line without affect the real operation process and it could apply on this small business case.