Masters Theses

Date of Award

12-1999

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Industrial Engineering

Major Professor

Rapindir Sawhney

Committee Members

Kenneth E. Kirby, Zayne Claycombe

Abstract

This paper presents new ideas dealing with simulation model development that are derived from the principles of lean manufacturing, for example, the concept of treating the time that is spent in production activities as lead-time, and the feasibility of reducing the lead-time through different mechanisms, which are presented in a framework [44]. One of the main obstacles in developing simulation model is time. Simulation lead-time is composed of nine steps of simulation model development. These steps are: problem definition, establishing boundaries, establishing variables, data collection, model development, verification & validation, documentation, experimentation, and implementation. This paper presents the idea of treating the time spent in simulation modeling development as a lead-time. At the same time, it presents a new framework to reduce lead-time, which has never been addressed before.

A new framework to reduce the simulation modeling development long lead-time similar to the Toyota production framework for reducing the production lead-time will be presented in this paperThe framework developed as a result of an actual simulation case study, which took place at a local company, and which took a very long lead-time. The framework was composed of different steps, techniques, and mechanisms that should reduce simulation modeling development lead-time every time a simulation project is conducted. One of the goals of this framework is to reduce one of the main obstacles of simulation model, which is the long lead-time. One of the new mechanisms that is presented in this framework is a geographical distributed communication tool, which is called NetMeeting. This tool is an application of the concept of distributed and Web-Based simulations.

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