Search Results - subject:"Discrete event Simulation"

A case study of lean, sustainable manufacturing

Miller, Geoff; Pawloski, Janice; Standridge, Charles R. - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 3 (2010) 1, pp. 11-32

of lean and sustainable manufacturing was aided by the use of discrete event simulation and optimization to overcome …A small furniture production company has integrated lean tools and sustainability concepts with discrete event … simulation modeling and analysis as well as mathematical optimization to make a positive impact on the environment, society and …

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Theory of Constraints for Publicly Funded Health Systems

Sadat, Somayeh - 2009

discrete event simulation model populated with historical data, the drum-buffer-rope scheduling policy is compared against …

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IDEF method-based simulation model design and development framework

Jeong, Ki-Young; Wu, Lei; Hong, Jae-Dong - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 2 (2009) 2, pp. 337-359

The purpose of this study is to provide an IDEF method-based integrated framework for a business process simulation model to reduce the model development time by increasing the communication and knowledge reusability during a simulation project. In this framework, simulation requirements are...

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Information Modelling for Quality and Sustainability

Lehmann, Richard J.; Reiche, Robert; Fritz, Melanie; … - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and discrete-event simulation. …

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IDEF method-based simulation model design and development framework

Jeong, Ki-Young; Wu, Lei; Hong, Jae-dong - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 2 (2009) 2, pp. 337-359

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899015

Performance analysis and improvement of a typical telephone response system of VA hospitals : A discrete event simulation study

Shi, Jing; Erdem, Ergin; Peng, Yidong; Woodbridge, Peter; … - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 35 (2015) 8, pp. 1098-1124

event simulation is adopted to model the current system and the resource sharing schemes. Findings – The resource sharing … proposed to improve the system performance in answering calls related to appointment booking and medication renewal. Discrete …

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A simulation methodology for evaluating emergency sourcing strategies of a discrete part manufacturer

Keramydas, Christos; Tsiolias, Dimitris; Vlachos, Dimitrios - In: International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and … 7 (2015) 2, pp. 141-155

quantitative approach. Specifically, a discrete event simulation methodology is developed using the Arena™ simulation software for …

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Coupling a genetic algorithm approach and a discrete event simulator to design mixed-model un-paced assembly lines with parallel workstations and stochastic task times

Tiacci, Lorenzo - In: International Journal of Production Economics 159 (2015) C, pp. 319-333

In the paper, an innovative approach to deal with the Mixed Model Assembly Line Balancing Problem (MALBP) with stochastic task times and parallel workstations is presented. At the current stage of research, advances in solving realistic and complex assembly line balancing problem, as the one...

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Simultaneous balancing and buffer allocation decisions for the design of mixed-model assembly lines with parallel workstations and stochastic task times

Tiacci, Lorenzo - In: International Journal of Production Economics 162 (2015) C, pp. 201-215

The buffer allocation problem (BAP) and the assembly line balancing problem (ALBP) are amongst the most studied problems in the literature on production systems. However they have been so far approached separately, although they are closely interrelated. This paper for the first time considers...

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Hybrid simulation modeling for humanitarian relief chain coordination

Krejci, Caroline C - In: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain … 5 (2015) 3, pp. 325-347

previously, and the discrete-event simulation (DES) portion of the model allows the movement of vehicles, materials, and …

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