A model management systems approach to manufacturing systems design

A model management systems approach to manufacturing systems design

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Article ID: iaor19962065
Country: United States
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 103
End Page Number: 130
Publication Date: Apr 1996
Journal: International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Authors: ,
Keywords: production
Abstract:

Manufacturing systems design involves the solution of a complex series of interrelated problems. This complexity will increase in the future as manufacturing practices change to meet increased global competition. Research within manufacturing systems design has mainly been focused on finding improved models for solving particular problems, or extending existing modelling techniques. This has resulted in numerous modeling tools being available to support manufacturing systems design. However, little research work has been carried out into consolidating the existing theories and models. As a result, a large body of this work has not been applied in industry. Model management has evolved as a research area which investigates methods for storing, modifying, and manipulating models. This article describes a prototype model management system for manufacturing systems design. The objective here is not to develop ‘another’ decision support system for manufacturing design, but to illustrate, through the development of a prototype system, a number of key ideas of how concepts from the area of model management systems can be used to support manufacturing systems design. The prototype model management system utilizes the structured modeling framework and uses an extended version of the structured modeling language. An important aspect of the prototype model management system is the incorporation of the model development task, thus allowing the system to be easily updated and adapted. The prototype system was evaluated using a range of quaueing network models for manufacturing systems design.

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