Rapid Modelling for Increasing Competitiveness Tools and Mindset
This proceedings volume of selected papers presented at the 1st Rapid Modelling Conference "Increasing Competitiveness – Tools and Mindset" gives a state-of-the-art overview of current research and new developments in the field of rapid modelling linked w
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Gerald Reiner Editor
Rapid Modelling for Increasing Competitiveness Tools and Mindset
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Editor Prof. Dr. Gerald Reiner Institut de l’Entreprise (IENE) Faculté des Sciences Économiques Université de Neuchâtel Rue A.-L. Breguet 1 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-84882-747-9 e-ISBN 978-1-84882-748-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-748-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2009929380 c Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: eStudioCalamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
A Perspective on Two Decades of Rapid Modeling It is an honor for me to be asked to write a foreword to the Proceedings of the 1st Rapid Modeling Conference. In 1987, when I coined the term “Rapid Modeling” to denote queuing modeling of manufacturing systems, I never imagined that two decades later there would be an international conference devoted to this topic! I am delighted to see that there will be around 40 presentations at the conference by leading researchers from around the world, and about half of these presentations are represented by written papers published in this book. I congratulate the conference organizers and program committee on the success of their efforts to hold the first ever conference on Rapid Modeling. Attendees at this conference might find it interesting to learn about the history of the term Rapid Modeling in the context it is used here. During the fall of 1986 I was invited to a meeting at the Headquarters of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in Dearborn, Michigan. By that time I had successfully demonstrated several industry applications of queuing network models at leading manufacturers in the USA. Although in principle the use of queuing networks to model manufacturing systems was well known in the OR/MS community and many papers had been publis
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