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WSC
2001
13 years 8 months ago
Improving simulation model adaptability with a production control framework
Simulation models provide a powerful tool for the analysis of manufacturing systems, but their utility beyond the design stage of the system life cycle is hampered by the high cos...
Sean M. Gahagan, Jeffrey W. Herrmann
SCHEDULING
2010
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13 years 5 months ago
On supporting Lean methodologies using constraint-based scheduling
Lean Manufacturing often simply referred to as Lean is a process management philosophy that aims to improve the way in which products are manufactured. It does this through ide...
Roman van der Krogt, John Geraghty, Mustafa Ramzi ...
WSC
2008
13 years 9 months ago
Iterative use of simulation and scheduling methodologies to improve productivity
Experienced and wise industrial engineering educators and practitioners have long understood that industrial engineering is a coherent discipline encompassing techniques that work...
Karthik Krishna Vasudevan, Ravindra Lote, Edward J...
WSC
1998
13 years 8 months ago
The Use of Simulation in Facility Layout Design: A Practical Consulting Experience
This paper presents a practical undertaking to solve an industry-specific problem of facility expansion through relocation of an existing production facility to a proposed new fac...
Emmanuel S. Eneyo, Gertrude P. Pannirselvam
WSC
2008
13 years 9 months ago
Simulations-based and solver-based optimization approaches for batch processes in semiconductor manufacturing
Scheduling is one of the key factors for semiconductor fabrication productivity. Objectives like lot cycle time and throughput must be optimized to push the technological developm...
Andreas Klemmt, Sven Horn, Gerald Weigert, Thomas ...