Proceedings of the 29th conference on Winter simulation
Simulating organizations: computational models of institutions and groups
Simulating organizations: computational models of institutions and groups
Business Dynamics
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Cooperative Agents: Applications in the Social Sciences
Cooperative Agents: Applications in the Social Sciences
Many Agent-Simulation and Artificial Life
Many Agent-Simulation and Artificial Life
Simulation with Arena
A multichannel visualization module for virtual manufacturing
Computers in Industry
SEM: enterprise modeling of JSF global sustainment
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
Understanding R&D value creation with organizational simulation
Systems Engineering
A New Product Growth for Model Consumer Durables
Management Science
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
Modeling and Simulating Terrorist Networks in Social and Geospatial Dimensions
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Study of the performance of multi-behaviour agents for supply chain planning
Computers in Industry
Agent based modeling for supply chain management: examining the impact of information sharing
Agent based modeling for supply chain management: examining the impact of information sharing
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In the past several decades, manufacturing has begun the process of transforming from a production firm centric enterprise into one in which a lead firm engages multiple partner and supplier firms in a networked enterprise to produce complex systems and products. Inherent in this transformation is the notion of global manufacturing as a socio-technical enterprise, co-emphasizing socio-interaction among firms with the more traditional technical focus on meeting production quotas, minimizing costs and maximizing profits. This chapter presents the methodology of organizational simulation as applied to the study and analysis of global manufacturing. Computer simulation has a rich history of application in analyzing the behavior and performance of manufacturing systems from a technical perspective, focusing on such concepts as forecasted product demand, production capacities and lead times, transportation capacities and lead times, inventory locations and levels, and production schedules, as well uncertainties associated with these factors. This perspective fails to consider socio-behaviors associated with firms and their interactions. Organizational simulation is a new paradigm whereby technical process modeling and social behavior modeling are combined to represent the behavior and predict the performance of the socio-technical enterprise. It has been applied in military acquisition, product design and health care. This chapter presents its application in global manufacturing enterprises, particularly to the issues of stakeholder alignment during change, alignment of stakeholder expectations and allocation of limited shared resources.