The literature review states that there is no conclusive evidence that the MBSE approach performs better compared to the “Document Centric” approach. Only a few references have claimed superior performance of the MBSE approach.

The focus of our research is to analyze this issue based on a real-world example that many can relate to easily.

This paper shows the work-in-progress of the stated research. This paper focuses on the use of the MBSE approach to estimate the throughput of a scaled-down serial flow line with unreliable machines and moderate buffers.

The paper shows how a MBSE approach is used and how the stakeholders can access a “single source of truth” to make future changes that arise during the execution of the project.

We have identified a set of KPIs in this paper that will be used for comparison when we compare the MBSE approach with the ”Document Centric”  approach.

Our next paper will focus on the use of a “Document-centric” approach to solve the same problem and report performance based on the same set of KPIs reported in the current paper.