ABSTRACT

Production processes are generally one of three types: continuous, intermittent, and job shop. €e continuous and intermittent systems produce items in mass quantities. In the job shop case, orders mostly are customer tailored, each with di¤erent speci›cations. €e simple nature of mass production systems allows the development of reasonably reliable mathematical techniques that can be used to manage the production resources e¤ectively. In contrast, the lack of repetitiveness in the job shop production process usually results in complex situations that cannot be handled by analytic (mathematical) methods. €is is where the ©exibility of simulation modeling may be used.