Abstract
The major aim of the research presented in this paper is to report on an extensive investigation of one of the important problems that is frequently encountered during the operation of manufacturing systems, the system's ability to make an appropriately balanced and rapid response to predictable and unpredictable change. In this work, this is termed manufacturing 'responsiveness' and is considered one of the major attributes for success and profitability of manufacturing systems. The focus of the investigation is the 'responsiveness' of machining environments. Simulation is used to represent a machining facility belonging to a large industrial company, and generic capability units, termed Resource Elements (REs), are developed and used for representing the machining facilities. The reported results show that significant improvements in manufacturing system performances and responsivemanufacturing ness can be achieved when a system is represented and scheduled using the proposed methodology.
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