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Automated Model Development for the Simulation of Global Production Networks

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Towards Sustainable Customization: Bridging Smart Products and Manufacturing Systems (CARV 2021, MCPC 2021)

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A growing number of manufacturing companies organize their production in global production networks, which tend to show a high degree of complexity. Improving operational performance or managing risks like production breakdowns and delayed transportation between production plants is challenging in these complex systems. Literature proposes discrete event simulation as an adequate tool to support the management of network operations. Companies are currently not able to exploit the potential of the required large-scale simulations of production networks as the development process of these simulations is lengthy, challenging and cost-intensive. In this paper, we introduce a concept to use highly granular data originating from production and information systems to automate simulation model development and parametrization.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85748, Munich, Germany

    Michael Milde & Gunther Reinhart

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  1. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Ann-Louise Andersen

  2. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Rasmus Andersen

  3. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Thomas Ditlev Brunoe

  4. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Maria Stoettrup Schioenning Larsen

  5. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Kjeld Nielsen

  6. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Alessia Napoleone

  7. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Stefan Kjeldgaard

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Milde, M., Reinhart, G. (2022). Automated Model Development for the Simulation of Global Production Networks. In: Andersen, AL., et al. Towards Sustainable Customization: Bridging Smart Products and Manufacturing Systems. CARV MCPC 2021 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_53

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