Abstract
Manufacturing organizations use a broad range of multimedia simulations to help them screen candidates and hire the best employees for their plants. These range from low fidelity, computer-based interactive simulations to high fidelity, and automated reproductions of actual manufacturing tasks. Organizations use simulations primarily because they work. They also use them because they allow candidates an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities, which increases their perceived fairness of the process and the organization. This chapter discusses a broad range of multimedia simulations used in manufacturing environments. It discusses their effectiveness as well as their limitations. It provides an overview of the evolution of production simulations from very manual to extremely automated and complex. Finally, it describes a process for developing and validating multimedia manufacturing simulations.
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O’Connell, M., Lawrence, A., Kinney, T. (2013). Show Me You Can Do It: The Use of Interactive Simulations in Manufacturing Settings. In: Fetzer, M., Tuzinski, K. (eds) Simulations for Personnel Selection. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7681-8_8
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