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Discrete Event Simulation

Variation and Waste

February 1, 2019 by stevebeeler

Variation is at the root cause of almost all waste in manufacturing and business systems.  It is no coincidence then that variability reduction is the foundation for the Toyota Production System (Lean Thinking) and its success in continuously reducing waste.  Two games of chance with dice and cards illustrate the linkage between variation and waste. […]

Filed Under: Operations Engineering Tagged With: Balanced and Dependent Systems, Discrete Event Simulation, Lean Thinking, Theory of Constraints, Toyota Production System, Variation, Waste

Manufacturing Plan Verification

June 12, 2018 by stevebeeler

Our dynamic economy is characterized by constant change. New products are brought to market, achieve commercial success, and then are made obsolete by something better, faster, cheaper. An essential element in successful product creation is manufacturing plan verification. A manufacturing plan is a comprehensive compilation of all the facts, figures, and assumptions around making something […]

Filed Under: Operations Engineering Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, Discrete Event Simulation, Manufacturing Plan Verification, Plan-Do-Check-Act, Product Creation

Simulation Output Reports

May 30, 2018 by stevebeeler

Discrete Event Simulation is a portal to the future: find constraints, test strategies to break them, improve performance to the goal, maximize investment returns, and reduce risk. Shown below are three powerful simulation output reports. Time in State. Time in state simulation output reports are especially useful in finding the constraint in the process. Before […]

Filed Under: Operations Engineering Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, Discrete Event Simulation, Plan-Do-Check-Act, Simulation Output Reports, Time In State, Volume Histogram, X-bar & R Chart

Discrete Event Simulation

May 10, 2018 by stevebeeler

Discrete event simulation provides a dynamic view of the value stream as well the ability to run “what-if” experiments to predict the effectiveness of changes. As such, discrete event simulation is a very powerful tool to maximize operational and investment efficiency and to find robust solutions that mitigate risk. A discrete event simulation is built […]

Filed Under: Operations Engineering Tagged With: Discrete Event Simulation, What-If

Balanced and Dependent Systems

May 2, 2018 by stevebeeler

The ten machine puzzle in my Theory of Constraints blog post is a simple example of the balanced and dependent systems that are surprisingly frequent in the real world. Balanced because all elements have the same capacity. Dependent because events at one element affect the performance of other elements. Frequent because lean thinking drives people and […]

Filed Under: Operations Engineering Tagged With: Balanced and Dependent Systems, Discrete Event Simulation, Lean Thinking, Theory of Constraints

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