A data-driven simulation to support remanufacturing operations

摘要

Simulations are a vital component in developing smart manufacturing systems, predicting the behaviour of the manufacturing shop floor operations to support production planning, scheduling and maintenance decisions within manufacturing environments. However, simulations are often limited in their ability to support real-time business decisions in complex fast changing environments due to the cost and time required to build, update and maintain simulation models. Remanufacturing operations in particular could benefit from the use of simulations as a tool to support the assessment of different strategies to real-time scenarios due to the uncertain nature of product returns.