TY - JOUR N2 - The article presents the issues of costs analysis of iron casts manufacturing using automated foundry lines. Particular attention was paid to departmental costs, conversion costs and costs of in-plant transport. After the Pareto analysis had been carried out, it was possible to set the model area of the process and focus on improving activities related to finishing of a chosen group of casts. In order to eliminate losses, the activities realised in this domain were divided into activities with added value, activities with partially added value and activities without added value. To streamline the production flow, it was proposed to change the location of workstations related to grinding, control and machining of casts. Within the process of constant improvement of manufacturing processes, the aspect of work ergonomics at a workstation was taken into account. As a result of the undertaken actions, some activities without added value were eliminated, efficiency was increased and prime costs of manufacturing casts with regard to finishing treatment were lowered. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/86402/PDF/09_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/86402 PY - 2012 IS - No 2 DO - 10.2478/v10266-012-0034-9 KW - Application of Information Technology to the Foundry Industry KW - Transport systems in foundry KW - Costs Analysis KW - Work Ergonomics at Workstations KW - Production Systems Rationalisation A1 - Kukla, S. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2012 T1 - Costs Analysis of Iron Casts Manufacturing UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/86402 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -