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Information: A Key to Supply Chain Performance

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
Albert W. Jones, Larry H. Reeker, A S. Deshmukh
This paper makes serveral critical points related to the intrinsic nature of the relationship between information and performance in supply chains. It highlights the co-dependence of information and supply-chain management decisions, stresses the impact of

An Architecture for a Generic Data-Driven Machine Shop Simulator

October 1, 2002
Author(s)
Charles R. McLean, Albert T. Jones, Yung-Tsun Lee, Frank H. Riddick
In most cases, the effort required to develop a meaningful simulation for a small machine shop exceeds the resources available. Small shops typically do not have staff with appropriate technical qualifications required to develop custom simulations of

A New Classification of Information: A Step on the Road to Interpretability

September 1, 2002
Author(s)
Larry H. Reeker, Albert W. Jones
Complex systems, such as manufacturing supply chains, are often modeled as a collection of interacting components with information flows between them. These components are frequently responsible for making a wide range of decisions that are implemented

A New Classification of Information: A Step on the Road to Interoperability

July 1, 2002
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Larry H. Reeker
Complex systems, such as manufacturing supply chains, are often modeled as a collection of interacting components with information flows between them. These components are frequently responsible for making a wide range of decisions that are implemented

Measuring the Impact of Information on Complex Systems

June 1, 2002
Author(s)
Larry H. Reeker, Albert W. Jones
The application of power-driven machinery to manufacturing and other areas of human endeavor characterized the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries. Measurement contributed in many ways to the increasing economic influence of these machines

Measuring the Impact of Information on Complex Systems

September 1, 2001
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Larry H. Reeker
The application of power-driven machinery to manufacturing and other areas of human endeavor characterized the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries. Measurement contributed in many ways to the increasing economic influence of these machines

Simulation-Based Shop Floor Control: Formal Model, Model Generation,

September 1, 2001
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Y J. Son, R A. Wysk
The high cost of control software development and maintenance has been recognized as a significant problem inhibiting CIM solutions. In this paper, a structure and architecture for the rapid realization of a simulation-based real-time shop floor control

Toward Self-Integrating Software Applications for Supply Chain

August 1, 2001
Author(s)
Michael Gruninger, Nenad Ivezic, Albert W. Jones
Each paper in this special issue deals with a particular aspect of supply chain management. Nevertheless, they all point to a common need for meaningful and timely information exchange across the supply chain. The Internet and the existing Web technologies

A Combined Process/Resource-oriented Approach to Shopfloor Simulation

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
Hyunbo Cho, Albert W. Jones, P Y. Jang
Manufacturing simulation tools are used frequently to analyze proposed planning, scheduling, and control decisions that attempt to optimize some performance measure(s) for the shop. These shops exhibit a dynamic and complicated evolution caused by the

Report of the NIST MEL Architecture Task Force

December 29, 2000
Author(s)
Harry A. Scott, John Evans, Steven R. Ray, E C. Teague, James S. Albus, Herbert T. Bandy, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Neil Christopher, M A. Donmez, Hui-Min Huang, Albert W. Jones, Elena R. Messina, Jim G. Nell, Frederick M. Proctor, Evan K. Wallace
The NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory undertook a series of internal working meetings to examine all of its architecture efforts. A survey of work was performed, and recommendations were identified. This document, initially compiled in 1999

Automatic Generation of Simulation Models from Neutral Libraries: An Example

July 1, 2000
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, R A. Wysk, Y J. Son
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have proposed the development of neutral libraries of simulation components. The availability of such libraries would simplify the generation of simulation models, enable component-based
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