Simulating Availability in a Manufacturing Plant Available to Purchase

A simulation procedure is presented to estimate the throughput availability of a serially interconnected manufacturing system. The model presented in the article is able to analyse, predict and suggest ways for improving productivity. The model is applicable to systems with branching and converging process streams, recycling, and intermediate buffer storages. The simulation has been carried out for a wire‐rope manufacturing plant and has been implemented by using a personal computer.