Toward a generic simulator for industrialized housing manufacturing
Abstract
New emerging manufacturing technologies are becoming more evident each day for the American housing manufacturing industry. In this type of industry, where a large number of small companies exist, managers may see potential improvements or new manufacturing technology implementations as a high risk decision making process. Simulation, as proved in other industries, can offer managers the ability to design and test different manufacturing scenarios before making changes. This paper reviews previous research in the area of generic manufacturing simulators, or simulation models, tailored to a specific industry. This will serve as the basis for developing a Generic Industrialized Housing Manufacturing Simulator. The purpose of this generic simulator is to provide easy and fast model development with specific features tailored to the housing manufacturing industry. The simulator is also intended to provide a user-friendly interface and to allow a high degree of model flexibility and reconfigurability. Some of the characteristics of prototype models will be described, and future opportunities are investigated such as object-oriented simulation and expert systems application .
Notes
This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your thesis or dissertation, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by STARS for more information.
Graduation Date
1990
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Mullens, Michael A.
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Engineering
Department
Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Degree Program
Industrial Engineering
Format
Pages
74 p.
Language
English
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0027758
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Engineering; Engineering -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Young, Lorenzo Allan, "Toward a generic simulator for industrialized housing manufacturing" (1990). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 4098.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/4098
Accessibility Status
Searchable text