@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/616,
	  title     = {A Few Descriptive and Optimization Issues on the Material Flow at a Research-Academic Institution: The Role of Simulation},
	  author    = {D. R. Delgado Sobrino and  P. Košťál and  J. Oravcová},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Lately, significant work in the area of Intelligent
Manufacturing has become public and mainly applied within the
frame of industrial purposes. Special efforts have been made in the
implementation of new technologies, management and control
systems, among many others which have all evolved the field. Aware
of all this and due to the scope of new projects and the need of
turning the existing flexible ideas into more autonomous and
intelligent ones, i.e.: Intelligent Manufacturing, the present paper
emerges with the main aim of contributing to the design and analysis
of the material flow in either systems, cells or work stations under
this new “intelligent" denomination. For this, besides offering a
conceptual basis in some of the key points to be taken into account
and some general principles to consider in the design and analysis of
the material flow, also some tips on how to define other possible
alternative material flow scenarios and a classification of the states a
system, cell or workstation are offered as well. All this is done with
the intentions of relating it with the use of simulation tools, for which
these have been briefly addressed with a special focus on the Witness
simulation package. For a better comprehension, the previous
elements are supported by a detailed layout, other figures and a few
expressions which could help obtaining necessary data. Such data and
others will be used in the future, when simulating the scenarios in the
search of the best material flow configurations.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering},
	  volume    = {7},
	  number    = {6},
	  year      = {2013},
	  pages     = {1039 - 1043},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/616},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/78},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 78, 2013},
	}