The main goal of the paper is to present how CAD and the simulation results of a virtual model were used to develop and adapt an educational platform to various manufacturing scenarios in an Industrial Logistics laboratory optimizing the performances in terms of productivity. Our paper is divided in two parts. The first part describes the design and development of an educational platform containing an AS/RS (automated storage/retrieval system) system and a RGV (Rail-Guided Vehicle). All the phases of the platform development are presented, starting with 3D modelling, and ending with the platform testing and its integration in a manufacturing cell. The second part demonstrates the platform performance diagnosis and optimization in different functional scenarios using material flow simulation. The problems that occurred (when the platform becomes part of different types of manufacturing architectures) are analysed using the simulation reports diagnosis and a new simulation validates the optimization solutions.
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