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Facilitated modelling with discrete-event simulation: Reality or myth?

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Abstract

Is it possible for discrete-event simulation to be used in a facilitated workshop environment? Over the last decade there have been various attempts to use simulation in this way, but we argue here that none have been successful in achieving a fully facilitated mode where the model is both developed and used in the workshop. We attempt to use a discrete-event simulation in a facilitated mode as part of a lean improvement workshop in a hospital setting. The model was successfully developed and used within the 3 day period of the workshop. Although the intervention was successful, we still had to build the model in the 'back-office', meaning that a fully facilitated mode was not achieved. The paper concludes by discussing how fully facilitated modelling with discrete-event simulation might be made possible; the answer is more about changing mind-sets than about technological challenge. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Author(s): Robinson S, Worthington C, Burgess N, Radnor ZJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: European Journal of Operational Research

Year: 2014

Volume: 234

Issue: 1

Pages: 231-240

Print publication date: 01/04/2014

Online publication date: 15/01/2013

Acceptance date: 01/01/1900

ISSN (print): 0377-2217

ISSN (electronic): 1872-6860

Publisher: Elsevier BV

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.12.024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.12.024

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