Building a production planning process with an approach based on CIMOSA and workflow management systems

Ortíz, Ángel; Lario, Francisco-Cruz; Ros, Lorenzo; Hawa, Majd

doi:10.1016/s0166-3615(99)00025-1

Cited by 19 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The layout for the production system can be schematized as a three stage hybrid flowshop with a certain number of facilities at the first stage (press and glazing line), an intermediate buffer, a different number of facilities at the second stage (kiln), another buffer and a certain number of facilities at the final stage (sorting and packing cells). The general description provided by Andres is confirmed even by the study of Ortiz on a specific tile enterprise (Ortiz, 1999). An exhaustive and detailed description of the best available technology for the tile industry is provided in the last report about the ceramic manufacturing industry by the European Commission (EC, 2007).…”

Section: Tile Industriesmentioning

confidence: 65%

“…Even the scientific knowledge of processes management are often neglected in tile industries. Only Ortiz reports about the re-engineering, based on CIMOSA architecture, of production planning processes in a tile industry (Ortiz, 1999). So the tile enterprise model is developed using multiple case-study analysis, based on Italian tile manufactures, and it is supported even by the study of Ortiz on a specific tile enterprise (Ortiz, 1999).…”

Section: Model Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Only Ortiz reports about the re-engineering, based on CIMOSA architecture, of production planning processes in a tile industry (Ortiz, 1999). So the tile enterprise model is developed using multiple case-study analysis, based on Italian tile manufactures, and it is supported even by the study of Ortiz on a specific tile enterprise (Ortiz, 1999). The level of details in VirtES model is chosen in order to develop a generic tile enterprise model applicable in all case-study.…”

Section: Model Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

A stochastic simulation approach for production scheduling and investment planning in the tile industry

Davoli

Gallo²,

Collins³

et al. 2011

Int. J. Eng. Sci. Tech

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present paper aims to develop a simulation tool for tile manufacturing companies. The paper shows how simulation approach can be useful to support management decisions related to production scheduling and investment planning. Particularly the aim is to demonstrate the importance of an information system in tile firms. The Factory Data Model (FDM) parameter is used to describe the activities in ceramic tile industries operating in different European countries. A process-based analysis of tile manufacturers is undertaken and individual company performance is quantified by Key Performance Indicators (KPI). The overall model is composed of different processes, which are coded into Scilab environment and matched together to arrange a stochastic simulator. The simulations results are used to show how management decisions can significantly effect the KPIs. The simulations highlight the effects on KPIs of three specific parameters: the length of scheduling period, the quantity of stock needed and the reliability of the information system supporting orders. The results clearly show that the effect of allowing the presence of unattended orders within the outstanding orders list always has a remarkable negative influence on KPIs. Results also suggest that the presence of sub-groups of homogeneous tiles, based on colour variation, is one of the most important factors affecting a tile manufacturer's performance. The results of the simulations have two different practical implications. Firstly, they demonstrate the importance of information systems in tile companies, suggest to evaluate investment in information technology and indicate the value of promoting an information culture in the entire work forces. Secondly, they show the potential of simulation tools development to support decision making in a BPR (Business Processes Re-engineering) scenario.

show abstract

Section: Tile Industriesmentioning

confidence: 65%

Section: Model Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Model Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

A stochastic simulation approach for production scheduling and investment planning in the tile industry

Davoli

Gallo²,

Collins³

et al. 2011

Int. J. Eng. Sci. Tech

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Monfared et al [3] presented their modelling approach for machine production in the automotive industry). CIMOSA has contributed to the different aspects of enterprise engineering and integration such as business process re-engineering, enterprise integration [4,5], and workflow management [6]. The CIMOSA framework has also formed the design basis for many enterprise modelling applications [7,8].…”

Section: Cimosa In Simulation Modellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration of the Cimosa and high-level coloured Petri net modelling techniques with application in the postal process using hierarchical dispatching rules

Wong

Parkin

Coy³

2007

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

• This is an article from the journal, Proceedings of the In- Abstract: Enterprise processes, i.e. business and manufacturing, rely on enterprise modelling and simulation tools to assess the quality of their structure and performance in an unobtrusive and cost-effective way. Each of these processes is a collaboration of inseparable elements such as resources, information, operations, and organization. In order to provide a more complete assessment of enterprise processes, a simulation approach that allows communication and interaction among these elements needs to be provided. The simulation approach requires an analysis of the performance of each element and its influence on other elements in an object-oriented way. It also needs to have the capability to represent the structures and dynamics of the elements mentioned, and to present the performance assessment comprehensively. This will ensure a more holistic simulation modelling task. These simulation requirements have motivated the investigation of the novel integration of two popular enterprise process modelling methods: Cimosa and high-level coloured Petri net. The Cimosa framework is used to formalize the enterprise modelling procedure in the aspects of representing process elements, structure, behaviours, and relationships. The highlevel coloured Petri nets method provides the mechanism to simulate the dynamics of objects and their characteristics, and also to enable communication among the objects. The approach is applied on a postal process model, which involves elements from manufacturing processes, i.e. machine processing (sorting), inventory (storage), product flow, and resource planning. Simulation studies based on the hierarchical dispatching rules show that the integrated approach is able to present vital information regarding the communication method, resource management, and the effect of interactions among these manufacturing process elements, which are not provided by the current modelling system in the postal company. The current paper has presented a novel mechanism, i.e. Cimosa-HCTSPN modelling approach, to extract information on process elements and their interactions. It has also presented the novel hierarchical dispatching rules and contributed to the extension of information that can be represented for a postal process.

show abstract

“…As one of the important enabling technologies for CPD, Workflow Management Systems (WMSs), which can automate business processes through coordinating and controlling process and information flows between functional departments, have been successfully applied for intra-enterprise management [1][2][3][4][5]. For inter-enterprises collaboration, however, it is still a challenging research issue due to the dynamic and distributed nature of the problem.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Web services and process-view combined approach for process management of collaborative product development

Jiang

Shao

Qiu

et al. 2009

Computers in Industry

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Building a production planning process with an approach based on CIMOSA and workflow management systems

Cited by 19 publications

References 6 publications

A stochastic simulation approach for production scheduling and investment planning in the tile industry

A stochastic simulation approach for production scheduling and investment planning in the tile industry

Integration of the Cimosa and high-level coloured Petri net modelling techniques with application in the postal process using hierarchical dispatching rules

A Web services and process-view combined approach for process management of collaborative product development

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About