Witness 27 Simulation Modeling: Rational Process Design

by Neil Murray

Overview

Royal HaskoningDHV released the latest update to their WITNESS process simulation software, WITNESS 27, in 2024. WITNESS 27 includes many enhancements from prior releases. These improvements build upon Witness's strengths in modeling discrete event and flow processes. Some of these capabilities? Best in class capability to model multicycle machines, model machine breakdowns with multiple breakdown causes, each with independent frequencies of occurrence and repair durations, and finally modeling internal and external setup activities. To facilitate digital twinning, WITNESS HORIZON can both receive data from external sources and supply data as an output. These interactions can be with Microsoft Excel and Access as well as through SQL.

This fully color illustrated edition of WITNESS 27 Simulation Modeling: Rational Process Design provides an introduction to manufacturing process design and simulation modeling. Hundreds of illustrations were updated to reflect the new Witness 27 user interface. More than being just a simple explanation of the mechanics of developing simulation models, there is a significant focus on the use of rational, structured process design for manufacturing processes and building stochastic simulation models based on a strong foundation of process and product functional requirements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798317632922
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	03/29/2025
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr. Murray is an Adjunct Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is also a Senior Technical Specialist with ZF Corporation in Passive Safety Electronics. He is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt with specialization in Design for Six Sigma.

His research interests include theory of invention and creative problem solving, simulation modeling, digital twinning, Edge Computing and Lean Manufacturing. He is a member of IEOM, SPE and IEEE.