Teaching Process Design Using Virtual Reality

Virtual reality can be used to configure and build detailed models of factories that can serve as the framework for the cases derived from real-life situations. This paper presents how a model developed from a Boeing manufacturing cell was used to teach activity and process modeling, analysis, and design.

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