...Steven Alexander Melnyk; Matthias Thürer; Constantin Blome; Tobias Schoenherr; Stefan Gold Purpose This study focuses on (re-)introducing computer simulation as a part of the research paradigm. Simulation is a widely applied research method in supply chain and operations management. However...

... for five different conventional APP policies – inventory levelling, workforce variation, overtime, outsourcing and a combination of overtime and outsourcing – through deterministic systems dynamics-based simulation. In order to validate the simulation model, the results from published APP models were...

... and the software is freely downloadable. Design/methodology/approach The paper extends the dice game and offers an easy‐to‐use simulation tool. Findings The key aspect of students' learning experience is the understanding of the relationship between variability and throughput in an environment...

... their knowledge and skills in an environment that is close to real‐life. In fact, many simulations currently exist in the teaching of operations management. However, these simulations lack a connection to real‐life, as they are typically turn‐based and do not use real‐life IT support. The current paper seeks...

...James S. Baldwin; Peter M. Allen; Keith Ridgway Purpose The purpose of this is to add both to the development of complex systems thinking in the subject area of operations and production management and to the limited number of applications of computational models and simulations from the science...

...Fredrik Nilsson; Vince Darley Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the tactical and operational decision making of manufacturing and logistics operations by providing novel insights into modelling and simulation, based on complex adaptive systems (CAS). Design/methodology/approach...

...Andrew Greasley Purpose To provide an example of the use of system dynamics within the context of a discrete‐event simulation study. Design/methodology/approach A discrete‐event simulation study of a production‐planning facility in a gas cylinder‐manufacturing plant is presented. The case...

... application. After, the model validation simulation was used to conduct the following four experiments: 1. Design 3 used throughout each day vs design 4 used throughout each day (inter‐arrival time = 16 time units). 2. Experiment (1) with various demand levels (various levels of inter...

... these two groups of policies by developing a simulation‐based model. Four policies are evaluated and their cost implications examined to enable decision makers to choose the best policy depending upon the situation specific parameters. A case study to illustrate the proposed model is presented and results...

... how these decisions work together and how they relate to one another. For instance, reducing prices may attract customers during a slow period, but the extent of impact this should have on cross‐training staff is not clear. A simulation based on theoretical and empirical insights explores the impact...

... be difficult to accomplish, because improvements to the system’s general performance may be achieved at the expense of some of the entities involved. This paper describes a simulation‐based methodology used to study the impacts of equipment pooling on a group of local community service centres (CLSCs...

... of new processes, products and systems and to improve the performance of manufacturing systems. The paper presents a case and methodology for an integrated system for strategic, tactical, operational and project planning. The proposed methodology is based on structured systems analysis and simulation...

... these imperatives. A virtual factory is defined as an integrated simulation model of major subsystems in a factory that considers the factory as a whole and provides an advanced decision support capability. It seeks to go beyond the typical modeling of one sub‐system at a time, such as the manufacturing model...

...Tim Haslett; Charles Osborne A theory of local rules was developed using Kauffman and Holland’s work on fitness landscapes. Local rules are used by individuals to increase their chances of survival on a fitness landscape. This paper reports on results from a simulation model of the local rules used...

...Andrew Greasley; Stuart Barlow Presents an assessment of the use of simulation modelling to assist in business process reengineering projects. Considers the relevance of the simulation technique to modelling business systems and relates its use to the main stages of a reengineering project...

... for this might be the difficulty of intuitively grasping the full dynamic complexity of the processes and systems encountered. It is therefore proposed that current developments in systems thinking and continuous system simulation, when applied within the context of an operations management framework, may offer...

.... This is certainly true in practice (cf. Simulation Study Group, 1991), but even in academia, when we look at the applications of quantified modelling in the POM area, we see that the vast majority of applications is on operational and tactical issues, such as scheduling or vehicle routeing (Graves et al...

...A. Andijani Investigates the trade‐off between the average throughput rate and the average systems time using kanban discipline. Considers a multistage serial production line system with materials in the system controlled by kanban discipline. Presents simulation results...

... the Lagrange multiplier in determining the proportional distribution rate that minimizes waiting times and queue lengths in a collection of workstations. Finally, shows the effectiveness of this model through analytical methods and computer simulation applied to a series of sample cases and an application...

... along with constructing labour, delivery, recovery room suites. Uses simulation models based on Markovian patient movement to analyse whether their proposed changes will improve overall operational efficiency. The existing as well as proposed obstetric patient movement systems were developed...