Technological development offers a wide range of new possibilities for implementation of
production processes. Continual production development is the main key to success and
competitiveness improvement, labour productivity and image-building for all manufacturing
companies. The article deals with designing of new workplace with implementation and
utilization of automated robot for faster and safer handling of cast stock. The new layout
of workplace is created in software Process Simulate.
Industry 4.0 will affect the complexity of supply chain networks. It will be necessary to
adapt more and more to the customer and respond within a time interval that is willing
to accept the product waiting. From these considerations, there is a need for a different way
of managing the supply chain. The traditional concept of supply chain as a linear system,
which allows optimizing individual subsystems, thus obtaining an optimized supply chain, is
not enough. The article deals with the issue of supply chain management reflecting demand
behaviour using the methodology Demand Driven MRP system. The aim of the publication
is to extend the knowledge base in the area of demand-driven supply logistics in the