Index

Annual cost reduction, 53

Arbitrary precision, 102

Aspirational model, 45

Assessment reports (ARs), on global climate change, 105

Average waiting time, 1, 2, 36, 37

 

Back-end manufacturing process, 56

Batch work centers, 59, 68–69

Big data, 103

Brooks, Frederick, 85

Buffer inventory, 56

Build-to-forecast, 56

Build-to-order, 56

Buy-in challenge, 12

 

Cell-by-cell emulation, 109

Challenges of model acceptance

    buy-in challenge, 12

    convincing people, 12

    decision making, 11

    system dynamics, 11

Climate models, 104, 105, 107

Closest to completion, 33

Collect data early and often, 18

Commercial simulation languages, disadvantages of, 62–65

Computer chips, production of, 31

Computer emulation, 109

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