Modelling change with an integrated approach to manufacturing system design

Abstract

This paper proposes a model that integrates information from product, process and organisation domains with a view to help manage these complex interrelationships with multiple layers of interaction. This model incorporates an integrated mechanism that simulates change effects during the design of complex manufacturing system by populating a Multi-layered Domain Matrix (MDM) and applying a Change Prediction Model (CPM) propagation mechanism to interconnected elements.