Simulation of activity costs for the reengineering of production systems

This paper discusses a simulation aided approach of economy and productivity measures for organizational changes based on activity costs. The procedure is supported by the simulation package FEMOS in order to evaluate the planned production system dynamically. During the simulation run the activitie...

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Published inInternational journal of production economics Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 711 - 722
Main Authors Zülch, Gert, Brinkmeier, Bernd
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 20.09.1998
Elsevier Science
Elsevier
SeriesInternational Journal of Production Economics
Subjects
Activity costs
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Inventory control, production control. Distribution
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Organizational structures
Production costs
Reengineering
Simulation
Simulation
Activity costs
Organizational structures
Reengineering
Production costs
Production system
Organization
Activity
Production cost
Bicycle
Assembly
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Summary:This paper discusses a simulation aided approach of economy and productivity measures for organizational changes based on activity costs. The procedure is supported by the simulation package FEMOS in order to evaluate the planned production system dynamically. During the simulation run the activities will be executed exploiting the resource capacities of the system. The activity costs are calculated based on a resource cost model. This model consists of static cost factors for the resources which will be adapted during simulation in order to take into account the actual or planned production situation. With the help of an example it can be shown, that the calculation of activity costs is useful in reengineering processes.
ISSN:0925-5273
1873-7579
DOI:10.1016/S0925-5273(96)00112-0