Database driven factory simulation: a proof-of-concept demonstrator

Author

Randell, Lars G. ; Bolmsjö, Gunnar S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Lund Univ., Sweden

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

977

Abstract

The paper presents a database-based method to reduce the development time and project lead-time for large discrete-event simulation models of entire factories. The database used to automatically generate and drive the simulation model is a copy of the production planning database. A set of proof-of-concept tools and a database have been generated to verify the method and it has been shown that it is feasible to run a simulation using the production planning data as the only information source. The software developed is modular and designed to work in heterogeneous environments. The method is expected to reduce the modeling and maintenance effort considerably when modeling entire factories. The method will result in a holistic and fairly accurate assessment of performance measures for an entire factory

Keywords

computer aided production planning; database management systems; discrete event simulation; manufacturing data processing; database driven factory simulation; database-based method; development time; factory modeling; heterogeneous environments; holistic assessment; information source; large discrete event simulation models; maintenance effort; performance measures; production planning data; production planning database; project lead-time; proof-of-concept demonstrator; proof-of-concept tools; simulation model; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Control systems; Costs; Databases; Discrete event simulation; Logic; NIST; Production facilities; Production planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the Winter

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7307-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2001.977402

Filename

977402