FORD'S POWER TRAIN OPERATIONS: CHANGING THE SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT 2

At the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, the progress of simulation in Ford Motor Company's PowerTrain Manufacturing Engineering (PTME) department was documented in a paper that focused on the contributions of the department in changing the simulation environment at Ford. This paper reviews th...

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Main Authors: Higgins, Michael, Ladbrook, John
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation models
Analytical models
Buildings
Data models
Software
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Summary:At the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, the progress of simulation in Ford Motor Company's PowerTrain Manufacturing Engineering (PTME) department was documented in a paper that focused on the contributions of the department in changing the simulation environment at Ford. This paper reviews the progress, changes, and issues in the intervening years experienced by the UK-based PTME simulation team. It summarizes the development of a toolset from a model building capability to data analysis, to experimentation, and results analysis. It outlines how capabilities have expanded while maintaining quick delivery of results; it references the managements' changing attitude and how academic research has advanced simulation in PTME.
ISSN:1558-4305
DOI:10.1109/WSC.2018.8632339