| Article ID: | iaor1989157 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Start Page Number: | 643 |
| End Page Number: | 647 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1989 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Kachitvichyanukul V., Thinnes K.M. |
| Keywords: | simulation |
The paper describes a simulation model that was built to predict the production output of a printed circuit-board manufacturer. Such a prediction with traditional forecasting tools is difficult owing to varying lot sizes, designs, processing time, product mix, machining capacity and fluctuating work-force. The model was built with discrete-event orientation using SIMPLE