  In the manufacturing context, there have been numerous efforts to use
modeling and simulation tools and techniques to improve manufacturing
efficiency over the last four decades. While an increasing number of
manufacturing system decisions are being made based on the use of models, their
use is still sporadic in many manufacturing environments. Our paper advocates
for an approach combining MDA (model driven architecture) and HLA (High Level
Architecture), the IEEE standard for modeling and simulation, in order to
overcome the deficiencies of current simulation methods at the level of
interoperability and reuse.
