English boiler farmer Baxi Potterto...

English boiler farmer Baxi Potterton uses discrete simulation software to hinder bottlenecks and improve production line performance.

* About a year ago, boiler manufacturer Baxi Potterton Limited of Preston, England was preparing to place an order for a production line to support a strange type of boiler at its plant in Padiham, Lancashire, UK This production line would have numerous automated stations, a human machine interface unit, and a barcode data capture function, which was more sophisticated than what the manufacturer had previously used. The plant that Baxi ordered it for usually manufactured standard, combination, and condensing boilers, all of