What’s the attraction of using simulation techniques to model production lines or plan factories and warehouses? Malcolm Wheatley investigates as manufacturers turn to the technology with increasing frequency.
At Nissan’s Sunderland manufacturing plant, it’s been going on since 1999. At Ford, it’s been happening since 2000. Another major manufacturer – BAE Systems – is a more recent convert, with a pedigree in the technique that only goes back as far as 2009. The ‘it’ in question? Computer-based simulation but, emphatically, not the simulation…
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