PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVING THE WORK OF MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY SECTIONS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH CUTTING TOOLS IN MARTIAL LAW

Abstract

The article analyzes the functioning of enterprises in Ukraine’s machine-building complex under the extreme conditions of martial law. It systematizes the key challenges facing mechanical assembly shops: critical disruption of logistics chains, including the supply of cutting tools, a shortage of skilled personnel, energy instability, and the constant threat of destruction of production assets. It has been substantiated that traditional models of production organization have proven to be ineffective and vulnerable in wartime. This has revealed an urgent scientific and practical problem of developing adaptive production management mechanisms. The purpose of this study is to provide recommendations on the prospects for improving the organizational and technical structure and operational activities of mechanical assembly shops, aimed at increasing their flexibility, stability, efficiency, and ensuring their supply with cutting tools in conditions of martial law. The feasibility of transitioning from a linear organization of the production flow to the creation of autonomous flexible production cells capable of rapid reconfiguration and parallel task execution is justified. Recommendations have been developed for technological modernization, in particular the integration of additive technologies for the rapid manufacture of equipment and components, as well as the introduction of digital instructions with augmented reality elements to speed up the process of assembling products and training personnel. Measures for logistics reengineering through supplier diversification and the introduction of local Kanban inventory management systems are proposed. Approaches to personnel management are formulated, including cross-functional training and psychological support. The implementation of the proposed set of measures will transform the mechanical assembly shop into a stable and adaptive production system, which will reduce dependence on external destabilizing factors, shorten the production cycle, minimize the loss of limited resources, and maintain consistently high product quality.