The development of an object-oriented simulation system based on the thought process of the manufacturing system design

The purpose of this research is to develop an integrated evaluation environment for manufacturing system designs. In this paper, we analyzed the thought process of manufacturing system design, and proposed a manufacturing system model for planning and evaluation by using a thought process model. The model evaluates a manufacturing system's design from the abstracted design phase to the detailed design. Finally, a prototype system for simulation using an object-oriented methodology was developed and implemented for a flow shop type manufacturing system design applying the proposed simulation model.