Modeling Beverage Processing Using Discrete Event Simulation

While most presentations on simulation in manufacturing tend to focus on traditional manufacturing industries, one tremendous potential for applying simulation is in beverage processing. Beverage processing poses questions that can be readily answered using simulation modeling. This presentation shows how a discrete event simulation language (ProModel) can help provide insights into the complex behavior of beverage processing. An example model is developed to illustrate the use of discrete event simulation for determining the impact of alternative sequencing and batch sizes.