Manufacturing applications

The objective of this session is to bring together a wide range of new concepts in manufacturing simulation to stimulate discussion and interest. The concepts involve the strategic and tactical decisions that are made during the course of a successful application in the manufacturing environment. Strategic aspects revolve around the selling of results to management. Tactical considerations include the scope of modeling detail and in the simulation model. The over-all goal of the papers and discussion is to provide a systematic foundation for analysts to draw from during the development of practical applications. Tactical considerations are concerned with the step-by-step abstraction of the simulation model from the real-world environment, and include setting the level of detail with the model as well as choosing an appropriate language.