NDLI: Implementing Logistical Control Rules Using Simulation Gaming

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Beadle, R.B.
Copyright Year	1993
Description	Author affiliation: AT & T Istel, Highfield House, UK (Beadle, R.B.)
Abstract	The uses of simulation today are as much about the derivation and verification of control logic as they are about sizing of manufacturing processes. This paper will examine the use of simulation in the design of control logic, the uses in agreeing the control logic and in disseminating the principles and benefits of the control logic to the total workforce. The use of simulation to derive control logic for a manufacturing facility is an integral part of most simulation projects, but can give an optimistic view of its performance as full information about the system state is available to the simulation modeller but not always to the decision makers in the real world. This paper will examine how restricted information affects the decision process and how simulation can be used to improve decision makers vision in these situations. A major food producer wished to change their method of operation from a traditional batch manufacturing to a method more responsive to their customer needs. The proposed method of manufacture was well documented and there was no need to simulate it I but there was a problem in communicating the new method to the total workforce and getting them to follow the new method. A simulation game was built that illustrated both the old and the new methods and then the game was made freely available to the workforce via the companies PC network. No training was given in simulation to the game players, but after playing the game the players not only understood the new logistical methods but also had an awareness of the problem solving capabilities of simulation.
Starting Page	1270
Ending Page	1273
File Size	381721
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	078031381X
DOI	10.1109/WSC.1993.718390
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1993-12-12
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Electric variables control Assembly Logic design Buffer storage Automatic speech recognition Manufacturing processes Production facilities Batch production systems Food manufacturing Virtual manufacturing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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