Structuration of the overall volume of transport operations at handling of the inbound waggon traffic of metallurgical enterprise with one railway siding connecting to the external network

The article deals with the operation analysis of a metallurgical enterprise transport system with one railway siding connected to the external network. Three functional modules were determined: transport complex for incoming wagon traffic processing, transport-and-handling complex for raw materials unloading, transport-and-handling complex for finished products shipment. For each of the complexes basic functions were determined: the first module distributes empty and loaded waggons between the freight railway stations within the enterprise; the second module provides timely supply of production shops with required volumes of raw materials; the third module enables timely supply of production shops with railway rolling stock for finished products shipment. Structuration of overall volume of transport operations has been conducted for each of the complexes within the transport system of the metallurgical enterprise, basic technological operations have been determined, and causes for time waste have been found out. Overall volume of transport operations per day has been determined, it comprising planned transport operations and extra transport operations as well. As a result of the research it has been determined, that maximum volume of extra transport operations occur at the transport complex for incoming wagon traffic processing. Its operation is based on time norms which not always fit the dynamics of external network operation, as well as production shops operation. Furthermore, this module is a connecting link making the dynamics of external waggon traffic, the internal dynamics of the enterprise, and the dynamics of production shops compatible. As a consequence, considerable extra time waste occurs when waggon traffic goes through this module