System centric mission critical simulation model for MES automation

This paper describes the system centric simulation methodology used for stress testing of manufacturing execution system (MES) in Intel. System centric simulation involves testing such that the system components (infrastructure stack and software) are characterized for the load they would experience in production, irrespective of how that load is exerted. A new manufacturing execution system software is introduced in Intel´s latest fabrication facility. Validation of the product under stress is vital to ensuring that the mission critical capability will be able to comply with Intel´s reliability, availability, performance, and scalability needs. The System centric simulation model allows for accurate reproduction of real-world scenarios while not requiring the expensive setup and execution of the complete set of defined use cases.