A virtual factory teaching system in support of manufacturing education

Journal of Engineering Education, Oct 1998 by Dessouky, Maged M, Bailey, Diane E, Verma, Sushil, Adiga, Sadashiv, Et al

V. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK

While our preliminary study suggests positive pedagogical benefits for the VFTS, more extensive testing is required for confirmation. We also plan to expand ViTS domain and functionality beyond a hybrid flow shop to general factory layouts, and to enable integration of higher-level business processes like forecasting and inventory management into the production problem.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The research reported in this paper was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under grant CDA - 9616373. We thank Ajay Singh, Mohammad Reza Kolahdouzan, Parthiv Patel, H. O. Reed, and Zachary Baker for their help in developing the prototype VFTS.

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