Simulation on a Shoestring Or A “hands-on” approach

1999-11-07


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Table of Contents

Simulation on a Shoestring Or A “hands-on” approach

Description of business problem

Manual Simulation

Personnel

Goals

Input Data

Assumptions

Assumptions (cont’d)

Work Standards

Fostoria, OH Mixing Center

Spreadsheets during simulation

Parking Lot

Support Tracks

Leads

Mixing Tracks

Resulting Benefits

Team Interaction

Major Steel Production Facility

Rail Spots in facility

Assumptions

Support Tracks

Leads

Resulting Benefits

Script

Analysis of results

Analysis of results

Analysis of results

Analysis of results

Resource intensive

Automation with Macros

Limitations

Limitations

Next Step

Author: Alan P. Brown

Email: apbrown@nscorp.com

Home Page: http://www.informs.org/Section/rasig/

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