A compact abstraction of manufacturing nodes in a supply network

Brett M. Duarte; John Fowler; Kraig Knutson; Esma Gel; Dan Shunk

doi:10.1504/IJSPM.2007.015236

A compact abstraction of manufacturing nodes in a supply network

Brett M. Duarte, John Fowler, Kraig Knutson, Esma Gel, Dan Shunk

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Abstract

This paper presents the abstraction process to support a modular approach for simulating semiconductor supply networks by modelling each node in the network as a 'Functional Block'. In particular, a functional block to represent wafer fabrication facilities is developed, which strikes a suitable balance between a high level abstraction and modelling the detailed complexities of a manufacturing facility. We demonstrate that the model is able to produce performance estimates (average Cycle Time (CT) and Throughput (TH)) that resemble the behaviour of real-life systems and are accurate with respect to comparisons with a detailed Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	115-126
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSPM.2007.015236
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

DES
Discrete event simulation
Fast and accurate simulations
Markov chain
Parameterisation
Supply chain management

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Modeling and Simulation
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics

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