Purpose – Most manufacturing processes tend to involve more than one level of detail at the design phase. These often consist of a higher level that represents the building‐blocks of the firm and a lower level that represents a more detailed structure of the process. When designing such...

Discrete event simulation (DES) is widely known to be a quantitative research tool. A simulation modelling process is mainly based on feeding quantitative data into a model to produce quantitative results in a structured sequential process. Qualitative approaches to research take a less...

Diagrammatic modelling representation methods in discrete event simulation are varied and can be classified as follows: simulation strategy neutral, simulation strategy oriented, simulation language oriented, and methods borrowed from other computer modelling areas. The main diagrammatic methods...