... are studied and compared, revealing insights into SC performance. Design/methodology/approach A leading global commercial airline’s SC network data are used to model the research problem. A system dynamics simulation approach is followed, drawing out insights for managers. Findings A significant...

.../approach A discrete-event simulation model is developed to describe the operation of the job shop. The simulation results are subjected to statistical analysis based on the method of analysis of variance. Regression-based analytical models have been developed using the simulation results. Since the due...

... judgment. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This work presents a novel modeling approach for integrating information on supplier behavior in fuzzy environment with SD simulation modeling technique. This results in a more reliable and responsible decision-support...

... and understanding of their value in assessing monitoring levels. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This research aims to develop a dynamic modelling approach using Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to assess such maintenance systems in order to provide a better understanding...

... and realistic multi echelon systems and rigorously validate these measures, so as to enable their application in practice. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Frequency domain analysis of single echelon and simulated four echelon Beer game system outputs are used...

...Raed El-Khalil Purpose – The current economic crisis increased the demand on management to improve process efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to identify and resolve inefficiencies within the car assembly system utilizing discrete simulation modeling and analysis in order to improve...

... of these process chains. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Simulation Modelling Design for manufacture Process design Computer aided process planning Due to the high customisation of manufacturing processes in micro manufacturing and due to the occurrence of size effects, the notion...

... of the production workshop, by reducing the sojourn time of failed equipment in the MW. Findings – The proposed methodology leads to a maintenance decision support tool enabling to give the structure of the MW, performing at a higher level, but at a reasonable configuration cost. Simulation results illustrate...

... their production orders. An accurate scheduling is essential to any manufacturing firm in order to be competitive in global market. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Two types of shop floors, job shop and cellular layout, were developed by using WITNESS simulation package...

... A series of simulation experiments were carried out for five and eight station lines with mean buffer space set at one, two, four and six units. CVs were allocated in 12 different configurations for each of these lines. Findings The results show that the best unbalanced CV patterns in terms...

... Just in time Supply chain Combinatorial optimization Cross‐entropy Simulation Kanban Supply chain management Modern companies operate on a highly changing environment, with an even more global competitiveness. Characteristics such as uncertainty on markets and decentralization...

.../methodology/approach This study proposes the use of entropy theory to assess the level of risk introduced by different sources of perturbation into the material flow stream and the use of discrete event simulation to investigate the impact of the resulting disruption on collaborating members. Findings...

...Anish Sachdeva; Vishal Sharma; Arvind Bhardwaj; Rakesh Kumar Phanden; Ajai Jain; Rajiv Verma Purpose The purpose of this paper is to optimise the job shop scheduling problem using simulation and genetic algorithm. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a simulation‐based genetic...

... in the UK. The paper shows the applicability of simulation to demonstrate changes in overall delivery policy to these customers. Design/methodology/approach A case‐based research method was chosen with the aim to provide an exemplar of practice and test the proposition that simulation can be used...

... of this paper is to empirically demonstrate the application of a methodology that combines a time‐based study, discrete‐event simulation and the trial and error method to enable a leaner process through more efficient line balancing and more effective flow for a park homes production process. This method...

... Modeling Simulation F Factory hazardous conditions (Q) f Injury proneness factor (Q) (MHR)⁻¹ α_t Injury rate (Q) (T)⁻¹ X_t Magnitude of injury (Q) E_p...

... characteristics of the case which require at least two sets of IBCs during the production and considerable un‐neglected transportation time between machines, the ARM is adjusted to fit the real condition and simulation model is proposed to test efficiency. Constant work in process Approximate regenerative...

...Anand Gurumurthy; Rambabu Kodali Purpose Generally, the implementation of lean manufacturing (LM) starts with the development of value stream maps. However, it has been found that value stream mapping (VSM) suffers from various shortcomings. Hence, researchers have suggested the use of simulation...

...Biman Das; Jesus M. Sanchez‐Rivas; Alberto Garcia‐Diaz; Corinne A. MacDonald Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a computer simulation model to evaluate the bowl phenomenon and the allocation at the end of the line of stations with either greater mean operation times or higher...

... on the four capabilities and the consequences of different distributions. Originality/value The value of this paper lies in the insights gained by the transformation of a verbal model into a quantified simulation model, and the learning resulting from simulation experiments. Although strategic...