TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– To show necessity of risk evaluation during modelling and simulation of production systems. To show an approach to risk evaluation of manufacturing system which has serial reliability structure.Design/methodology/approach– Modelling and simulation of a manufacturing system allows one to conduct verification of different solutions in the area of production planning, before they are started. This is impossible with traditional methods.Findings– Reliable results of simulation research can be obtained only if they are based on an integrated model of the company, that covers all components of the manufacturing process including also its organization and risk in production processes.Practical implications– The paper describes the stages and results of a project carried out in 2002 in an international company. The proposed method of risk evaluation may be helpful to determine the risk level in the chosen production line and eventually for the whole enterprise manufacturing systems.Originality/value– The risk concept was treated as a synonym of unreliability. This kind of approach enabled decomposition of the production system into several areas and determination of the reliability structure. VL - 17 IS - 4 SN - 1741-038X DO - 10.1108/17410380610662870 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/17410380610662870 AU - Burduk Anna AU - Chlebus Edward ED - Sameh Saad ED - Terrence Perera PY - 2006 Y1 - 2006/01/01 TI - Variant simulation in design and risk estimation of manufacturing system T2 - Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 448 EP - 459 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -