Network production planning aspects of small and medium enterprises operating in clusters  Cover Image

Aspekty planowania sieci produkcyjnych małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw funkcjonujących w klastrach
Network production planning aspects of small and medium enterprises operating in clusters

Author(s): Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna Cheba, Sebastian Saniuk
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: clusters; production orders planning; production costs reduction; prototyping of production networks

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this article is to present some results of research conducted within the project NN115403940 funded by the National Science Centre. Conducted research focuses on proposed methodology for planning temporary production networks of small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the industrial clusters and its computer implementation. The article underlines benefits of cluster functioning as well as benefits of enterprises functioning within clusters. An outline of the methodology of planning joint production ventures through the use of the production capacity of enterprises and the computer implementation are presented. The proposed planning methodology allows the acceptable variants of networks which are formed to timely realize of new manufacturing ventures in conditions of cost, resource and logistic constraints of cluster to be determined. The proposed solution enables to increase the level of production resources using of cluster enterprises, to gain new markets and increase the flexibility and competitiveness of enterprises and cluster as a whole.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 382
  • Page Range: 376-388
  • Page Count: 13