Integration of Simulation Modeling and Computer Aided Production Management in Computer Integrated Enterprise

Emine Persentili, University of Missouri - Rolla
Sema E. Alptekin, University of Missouri - Rolla

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Copyright © 1993 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-8352(93)90253-T/.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Sema Alptekin was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.

Abstract

Designing efficient and integrated manufacturing systems is the first step in attaining computer integrated enterprises (CIE). Integration of planning and implementation phases of manufacturing is essential for taking full advantage of the CIE. In order to design reliable and efficient manufacturing systems, the designers must consider the impacts of planning decisions made by computer aided production management (CAPM) modules on implementations held in manufacturing cells.

This paper focuses on two issues. The first issue is importance and necessity of integrating CAPM modules with manufacturing cells. The second issue includes major features of the object-oriented approach and their relevance to our objective of modeling a design framework which focuses on integration of CAPM modules and simulation models which emulate the manufacturing cells in the CIE environment.