Simulation models are meant to support industrial engineers in understanding complex
problems and provide useful insights facilitating their solution. Models achieve this by …

Reacting quickly to changing market demands and new variants by improving and adapting
industrial systems is an important business advantage. Changes to systems are costly; …

In today's uncertain and competitive market, where manufacturing enterprises are subjected
to increasingly shortened product lifecycles and frequent volume changes, reconfigurable …

During strategic network design, not only strategic but also operational decisions must be
made long before a production network is put into operation. These include determining the …

Application of reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) plays a significant role in
manufacturing companies' success in the current fiercely competitive market. Despite the …

Globally operating companies' production networks usually consist of multiple sites, each
having its local value stream. These value streams need to be interlinked to fulfill customers' …

The paper demonstrates the use of a Discrete Event Simulation tool to reduce the negative
impact of machine failures on the performance of a filling line. The buffer allocation problem …

Due to the nature of today's manufacturing industry, where enterprises are subjected to
frequent changes and volatile markets, reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are …

The application of discrete event simulation methodology in the analysis of higher level
manufacturing systems has been limited due to model complexity and the lack of …

Discrete event simulation (DES) models imitates the behavior of a production system.
Models can be developed to reflect different levels of the production system, eg supply chain …