학술논문

An Adaptive Distributed Simulation Framework for a Server Fulfillment Supply Chain
Document Type
Conference
Source
2006 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering Automation Science and Engineering, 2006. CASE '06. IEEE International Conference on. :649-655 Oct, 2006
Subject
Robotics and Control Systems
Computing and Processing
Transportation
Signal Processing and Analysis
Supply chains
Fabrication
Assembly
Test facilities
Circuit testing
Discrete event simulation
Integrated circuit testing
Computational modeling
Automation
Industrial engineering
Language
ISSN
2161-8070
2161-8089
Abstract
Supply chains that produce and distribute computer servers are globally dispersed and have a high degree of uncertainty. To excel at servicing customers, a supplier must be highly skilled in matching the assets in the system with customer demand. Discrete event simulation has been proven valuable for system state estimation of supply chains. However, irregularities and disruptions occurring at any site along the system and the resulting bullwhip effects can lead to significant departures of simulation-based estimation from the performance of the real system. These departures reduce the ability of the model to assist in making correct decisions. In this paper, we propose an adaptive distributed simulation framework for a server fulfillment supply chain, and a Kalman filter to improve our estimates of job completion times.