Simulation Methods for Changeable Manufacturing

A Methodology to Adapt and Understand a Manufacturing System and Operations using Discrete-Event Simulation

“…Step 2. System Boundary Once the system of Interest is chosen, its essential to consider the boundaries for the system these boundaries include are machines in that system and their capabilities, product data, number of workers, and Material Handling Systems (MHSs), Management system, Distribution of facilities in the system [3], [12].…”

Modelling and Simulation in Business, Economics and Management

“…In today's competitive and unpredictable business world, modelling and simulation has been used as a tool to support decision making in different areas such as manufacturing, services, healthcare, public services and many more, being an essential element of daily process in enterprises (Jahangirian, Eldabi, Naseer, Stergioulas, & Young, 2010;Azab & AlGeddawy, 2012). Since the Monte Carlo method invented in 1947, many other simulation methods have emerged in order to determine the outcome of an experiment or event differentiating mainly between dynamic and static modelling (Mourtzis, Doukas, & Bernidaki, 2014;Perez et al, 2018).…”

“…One of the main problems with modelling and simulation is that it losses its effectiveness when decision alternatives become too many or the problem to be analysed has an important degree of uncertainty or misleading information (Azab & AlGeddawy, 2012). In order to overcome these limitations the use of different fuzzy techniques and aggregation of information operators have become an important part in modelling and simulation (Blanco-Mesa, Merigó, & Gil-Lafuente, 2017;Cabrerizo et al, 2017; Cid-López, Hornos, Carrasco-González, & Herrera-Viedma, 2018).…”

Methodology – A Review of Intelligent Manufacturing: Scope, Strategy and Simulation

“…The manufacturing system may experience structural changes during their operational life span resulting from adding new system components, replacing or retiring old equipment to react to the changes in products, technology or markets [43]. Because of the complexity and dynamic nature in the manufacturing systems the spreadsheet and flowcharts are almost impossible to capture the complicated process configuration and its complex constraints.…”