Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
Simulation intelligence and modeling for manufacturing uncertainties
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
Winter Simulation Conference
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A simulation was commissioned to understand the interactions that constrain the capacity of a steel plant. The aim was for this to become a reusable tool that could evaluate the effect of future changes to market requirements and operational practices. This paper describes how a simulation model incorporating human decision-making was conceived and constructed. The use of simulation as a tool for knowledge capture in scheduling is considered. The resulting tool has been in use for four years and has acted as a driver to reconsider where the real processing bottlenecks are and what part scheduling can play in managing them.