The process of process reengineering: integration of discrete event simulation models with framework-based business applications

  • Authors:
  • Peter Lendermann;Nirupam Julka;Lai Peng Chan;Boon Ping Gan

  • Affiliations:
  • Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore;Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore;Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore;Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Simulation models and business application software as they are used for decision support in enterprise management are both representations of an enterprise's actual operations. This paper describes a unified simulation and application framework where it is possible to represent the entire performance process along a supply chain in a unified business model, improve its performance with discrete event simulation technology, and then generate and implement the corresponding business application software from the same unified model, based on a so-called framework-based application technology which allows implementation of changes derived from simulation analysis with minimal effort and time. This enables a company to optimise not only operational processes such as shopfloor or warehouse operations but also business processes such as planning, order management and scheduling through simulation.