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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Sheffield : A - Mechanical engineering and Advanced manufacturing
An Evolutionary Complex Systems Decision-Support Tool for the Management of Operations
This paper pioneered the application of modelling and simulation techniques from the science of evolutionary complex systems in the field of Operations and Production Management. A design and decision-support tool has been developed for managers where the introduction or reconfiguration of new manufacturing technologies and practices, and the different evolutionary trajectories that a manufacturing system can take, can be explored. This has informed the £43M AMRC Factory 2050: a research factory involving Boeing, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems that is the UK’s first fully reconfigurable manufacturing and assembly facility.