Supply chain management issues have become increasingly important to the semiconductor
industry over the last two decades due to the global distribution of facilities and increasing …

Part I of this three-part series described semiconductor supply chains from the decision-
making and functional perspectives, using this as a framework to review the industrial …

Leading nations have re-emphasised the importance of semiconductor manufacturing to
supply chain safety and resilience. Limitations of the existing studies can be traced in part to …

We present a new set of simulation models, organized in a testbed. The aim of the testbed
consists in providing researchers with a platform able to credibly represent the complexity of …

In today's rapidly changing production landscape with increasingly complex manufacturing
processes and shortening product life cycles, a company's competitiveness depends on its …

Owing to increasingly important drivers for change, such as automation, digitisation, and
dynamic demand patterns, simulation models of production systems become outdated …

Fabrication areas in semiconductor industry are considered one of the most complex
production systems. This complexity is caused by the high-mix of products and end-user …

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

At the current worrisome rate of global consumption, the linear economy model of producing
goods, using them, and then disposing of them with no thought of the environmental, social …

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health and economic crisis. It
dramatically impacted different industries, and presented an unforeseen challenge to the …