The range of use of simulation is now expanding to the field of smart factories.

If the conventional simulation was a one-time prediction of the future, the simulation nowadays means more of a technology that predicts the near future in real time and generates meaningful information that can be used for immediate execution.

In particular, in order to simulate the production operation process of the manufacturing industry, it is essential to build a modeling platform that can reflect production processes and equipment arrangements, operating rules and other constraints in detail.

In the case of semiconductor plants, modeling power determines the performance of the simulation, since thousands of facilities are operating with complex and automated logistics systems in hundreds of processes.

In this regard,’MOZART’ is a remarkable technology.

This is because, with MOZART’, it is possible to develop a basic engine and various applications that perform production simulation from a production operation point of view of a complex manufacturing site. It is a technology that predicts and responds to whether a product can be produced by a customer’s due date, and if a delivery time cannot be met, what production conditions can be changed to enable reasonable fab operation.

The What-if Simulation function of MOZART Solution is differentiated in that it changes the customer’s decision-making process from empirical to scientific. Most of all, The traditional batch production system is changing to a dynamic and flexible production system.

For example, in the case of factories that produce consumer goods such as cosmetics, it is necessary to have a production planning system that enables us to respond to the orders for each thousand kinds of products that can change every day. This is also the role played by the FP (Factory Planning) application of MOZART.

In addition, display panels such as LCDs and OLEDs are manufactured with expensive automated equipment, and it is very important to create a work schedule for each equipment that maximizes the utilization of the equipment. MOZART Real Time Scheduler (RTS), which generates real-time schedules reflecting the conditions and events of manufacturing sites that change from time to time, is being used by leading manufacturing companies.

VMS Solutions Co., Ltd. is an IT company that develops and distributes software necessary for production and operation of manufacturing industry based on simulation.

VMS Solutions Dr. Kim Byung-hee, CEO (Photo), said, “Simulation is an efficient way to predict what will happen in the production field and analyze how to use resources to increase efficiency. We model virtual factory and execute simulation to create a variety of solutions. That is why we named the company as VMS (Virtual Manufacturing System) Solutions.”

VMS Solutions started from KAIST’s lab in 2000 and expanded to the semiconductor industries, starting with the new line of Samsung Electronics Display Division. Based on the know-how accumulated in the field for about 10 years, we have focused on R&D for 3 years and launched the flagship product MOZART.

In addition, VMS Solutions is developing another smart factory technology. SmartAPS is a package software developed to enable installation and operation within a short period of time considering the business environment of small and medium-sized manufacturing industries.

It is The product that uses the same simulation engine as MOZART, but lightly downsized, and it is easy to generate process models using predefined templates. Another strength that the product has is that it is possible to build a system that is configurable by selecting operating rules for various processes such as machining and automobile/electronic parts manufacturing.

“We are planning to expand the business area to operate in a cloud environment such as AWS considering the computational infrastructure of small and medium-sized manufacturing industries” said Kim. “Our goal is to dominate the global market based on the MOZART simulation engine. We have already implemented our solutions in overseas companies, and will expand the market with more platform-based products and various business models.”

Source: Engineering Journal