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Capacity in a manufacturing process represents men ,
machines ,equipments and the production methods employeed. A
well designed capacity plan enables a company to utilize its
resources effectively. In this research , we apply the concept
of Object Oriented Programming and the tools in C++ to develop
a structure for designing a simulation model. It enables the
manufacturers to manage their capacity problem as a whole. We
established a base class for the "capacity" and applied the
concept of template to build the structure for simulation .
Whenever there is a change in the number or the availability of
men, machines or equipments , there is a change in the
corresponding capacity of that item effectively. The developed
structure allow users to model a replacement of an identical
item with great flexibility, and provides the capability to
simulate the dynamic situation of capacity in manufacturing
process.
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