Industrial Cases in Simulation Modeling
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James A. Chisman PhD
Dr. James Chisman is a retired industrial engineering professor from Clemson University. His publications include a biography of an obscure Irish poet, Johnny Tom Gleeson, a Civil War memoir, 76th Regiment, Keystone Zouaves, two textbooks on simulation modeling, one published by Prentice Hall, and many articles in technical and nontechnical magazines. He wrote and produced in Cork, Ireland a narrated musical song and dance revue based on Victor Herberts life and music. He also has done productivity consulting work here and abroad. He has travelled to 78 countries and has lived in six of them. This book was researched and written while he was a Fulbright Fellow to Ireland. He recently published a childrens book through Xlibris : Bullette and Jessica and Travels and Tribulations.
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Industrial Cases in Simulation Modeling - James A. Chisman PhD
Copyright © 2011 by James A. Chisman, Ph.D..
ISBN: Ebook 978-1-4653-6412-8
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CONTENTS
Industrial Consulting And Advisory Cases
Apple Computer Ltd.: Carousel Conveyor Bottleneck
Apple Computer Ltd.: Printed Circuit Board Assembly
Apple Computer Ltd.: Warehouse/Shipping Design
Consumers Power Company: Mobile Substation
Consumers Power Company: Reliability Analysis
Ford Motor Company: Engine Palletization
IBM: Material Flow Congestion
Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation: Workforce Reallocation
Reliance Electric Company: Gear Manufacturing Cell
Spartanburg Steel Products Company: Material Flow Layout
Real World Student Projects
Barbershop Staffing
Division Of Labor
Elevator Operating Policy
Llght Bulb Replacement Policy
Main Street, USA
Maintenance Policy
Man-Machine Interaction
Robot Operation
Spare Parts Policy
Supermarket Staffing
Where Do You Want Your WIP?
Non-Queuing Examples
Construction Bidding Policy
Integration
Machining Passes/Time
Traveling Salesman Problem
PREFACE
In the area of operations research/management science (OR/MS), particularly in simulation modeling, working contrived textbook problems does not prepare one well for modeling the kinds of problems one finds in the real world. This book presents three kinds of real world simulation problems from the author’s broad experience: (1) problems that the author has solved as an industrial consultant or advisor, (2) problems he has had his students study for local businesses, and (3) non-queuing examples, all of which are arranged alphabetically within each category. These problems represent a very broad spectrum of the kinds of problems that simulation modeling can address. Since most simulation modeling software is somewhat problem-independent, the conceptual and modeling experience gained by simulating the problems in this book should prepare one well for simulating problems in other areas not found here.
Some of the data presented has been disguised at the company’s request. Most of these problems, particularly the consulting cases, have been scaled down to make them more manageable time-wise, while still preserving most of the other elements of reality. The main element of reality somewhat lacking here, as in all case study examples, is that most of the data is given. In real world studies, it has been the author’s experience that data collection can take from 50% to 80% of the total time allocated to the study. To maintain some reality in this regard for some problems, a little easily acquired or observed data is left out to give the student some data collection experience and sense of identification with the problem. Commonsensical or contrived data can be substituted in these cases if the instructor, student, or other reader so desires.
An Instructor’s Manual is available upon request for faculty who require this book for their classes. Please send your request on College stationery along with a check for $10 to the author at POB 1111, Clemson, SC 29633. This guide provides helpful hints for modeling some of the more complex case studies. For those who might use this book outside of the classroom environment, the following table (which is included in the Instructor’s Manual) will provide a measure of modeling difficulty. Of course, the problems can be made more or less difficult by the assumptions made regarding the level of detail.