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Computer Simulation in Operations Management (Hardcover, New)
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Computer Simulation in Operations Management (Hardcover, New)
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The management of production and service processes can be supported
by microcomputer simulation models-effectively and inexpensively-if
the techniques are presented in an understandable manner. Drs.
Klafehn, Weinroth, and Boronico prove this and show how to do
it-not only for the benefit of operations managers themselves, but
for others with management responsibilities in a variety of
businesses and industries. They will learn how important daily
operations problems can be modeled on a microcomputer, gain
understanding of overall simulation methodology, and learn the
several forms of cost savings achievable through simulation. For
teachers in business schools the book will also provide a link
between general management and the management of engineering and
R&D. The first chapter introduces the reader to the concepts
and steps for undertaking a microcomputer simulation project. In
addition, the benefits, drawbacks, and myths are reviewed in
detail. Chapter two explores, in a conversational scenario, what is
involved in taking a management operations problem involving a
truck transfer depot from its point of inception to the formulation
of a systems operation model, which in a later chapter is
ultimately put into a computer simulation model and tested to, in a
sense, come up with answers to the questions posed in the
hypothetical conversation. Subsequent chapters in the book are
oriented to a discussion of other operations management problems
and the effort to seek insight and solutions through simulation
modeling. A Just-in-Time manufacturing system is addressed,
recognizing the push-pull concept as well as looking at the quality
aspect. Attempting to determine the optimum levels for safety,
stock, order points, and order quantity is investigated through
computer simulation. These levels are predicated on balancing the
costs associated with ordering and holding goods as well as the
penalty costs of stocking out. Using a simulated environment
enables the inclusion of the variability evidenced by the type of
distribution. The remaining chapters also review alternative rules
and what ifs as applied to machine configuration, facility location
for a satellite EMS unit, and job shop operations. Each of the
applications chapters provides a printout of the basic computer
model, written in GPSS, that was then modified to investigate
alternative scenarios.
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