Discrete event simulation for shop floor control
WSC '94 Proceedings of the 26th conference on Winter simulation
Simulation-based real-time scheduling: review of recent developments
WSC '95 Proceedings of the 27th conference on Winter simulation
Automatic generation of simulation models from neutral libraries: an example
Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Concurrent material flow analysis by P3R-driven modeling and simulation in PLM
Computers in Industry
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Simulation model is usually developed as a one-time use analytical model by a system analyst (usually from external firm) rather than for a routine and interactive use by a shop floor engineer. This is because it usually takes longer time to generate a result from the simulation, and the simulation model of manufacturing system is usually too sophisticated and time-consuming to use as an interactive tool by the manufacturing/production engineer. A CAMS reduces this complication by encapsulating the 'complicated-logic' and automating the 'tedious data-acquisition' with a more user-friendly interface like a spreadsheet or database input form. This paper describes how CAMS can automatically generate a simulation model; specifically, techniques and issues to structure the model to hide those tasks, so that it is a user-friendly interactive decision support with minimal amount of automation code. The paper concludes with a capacity analysis example from the real industry.