20.500.12556/RUL-132784 Methodology for searching representative elements Companies have to assure their share on the global market, meet customer demands and produce customer-tailored products. With time and production line updates, the layout becomes non-optimal and product diversity only increases this problem. To stay competitive, they need to increase their productivity and eliminate waste. Due to a variety of products consisting of similar components and variants thereof, a huge number of various elements are encountered in a production process, the material flow of which is hardly manageable. Although the elements differ from each other, their representative elements can be defined. This paper will illustrate a methodology for searching representative elements (MIRE), which is a combination of the known Pareto’s analysis (also known as ABC analysis or 20/80 rule) and a calculation of a loading function, that can be based on any element feature. Results of using the MIRE methodology in a case from an industrial environment have shown that the analysis can be carried out within a very short time and this provides for permanent analysis, optimisation and, consequently, permanent improvement in the material flow through a production process. The methodology is most suitable for smaller companies as it enables rapid analysis, especially in cases when there is no pre-recorded material flow. representative elements large data quantity loading function simulation material flow optimisation reprezentativni elementi velika količina podatkov funkcija nalaganja simulacija optimizacija pretoka materiala true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-11-03 10:29:10 2021-11-03 10:29:12 2022-09-12 04:13:43 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2019 0 0 15 str. iss. 17, art. 3482 Vol. 9 2019 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 658.5(045) 2076-3417 10.3390/app9173482 16755995 RAZ_Murovec_Jure_2019.pdf RAZ_Murovec_Jure_2019.pdf 1 7A8BF7440A45A3F751CC3B5A56A85A82 181f477d76e544fdd0e8cccb44c184b266894bf3238371655960d17807ed0b9c c2891bc3-3c88-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=150485 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/17/3482 0 75c90dcd-3c88-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=150484 Fakulteta za strojništvo 0 0 0