Working time losses in production lines with hybrid automation - case study

The paper presents the results of researches done in some of the machine industry company. The researches are concerned with the problem of utilization of the work places and workers working time resources in production lines. The production process route and the identification of whole process were presented. It becomes possible to define forms of the forwarding batches route in the production process. The process identification and definition of its weaknesses make a base of the working time losses analysis.