3D Simulation Modeling & Analysis

• Add, modify, and remove constraints and definitions
• Modify model flows, speeds and capacities
• Add and modify processes and inter-process connections
• Pause/Resume/Load/Unload individual processes
• Control animation speed and display options
• Live data connectivity from external applications with dynamic updates (Import and Export)
• Add and modify custom KPI dashboards
• Analyze the model flow with live resource, process, and object monitoring

• Add, remove, or modify processes and connections
• Modify assembly component definition (per assembly component)
• Change rates, yields, capacities, timings, change-over, and other constraints
• Use actual data to increase model accuracy, support seasonality transition analysis, improve validation, and increase model flexibility

• All views support full animation capability
• Define each view separately while sharing process properties and constraints
• Dynamic Value Stream Map and Value Network Map
• Detailed Process View with hyper-links
• Annotation display control
• Multiple layer control

• Initial state loading; Input or model state capture
• Work order, sequences and schedule definition
• Dynamic object definition and containment loading
• Model data input for individual processes
• Other constraints (inventory, locations, ... )
• SimData^™ interface with Data fitting and dynamic model creation
• Define, assign, and import custom object attributes

• Detailed summary of every model component and constraint
• Simulation reports detail key performance indicators (lead time, cycle time, hands on time, resource touches, travel distances, custom values, and more) as an average or variably through time
• Interval analysis graphs and reporting
• Detailed object, man-power, process, and connection reports
• Gantt chart provides detailed schedules for processes, objects, and resources
• Simulation analysis reports provide bottleneck and constraint identification along with the contributing factors
• Customization reporting and graphing tool for standard and user defined properties
• Dynamic data export to external applications during and after the simulation run
• Full object trace-ability with time stamped reporting
• Custom report builder; define and reuse generated reports across models
• Read More on Custom Reports

• Built in Scenario Analyzer tool with full graphing capability, interval analysis, variability and case analysis
• Integrated forecasting engine with multiple value relationship forecasting
• Manage multiple scenarios
• Analyze and compare model variability
• Define the road map and prioritize improvements
• Generate data distributions for all tracked parameters
• Read More on Scenario Analysis

• Work schedule and sequence Optimizer to minimize lead time, reduce change over, and improve on-target delivery
• Interactive optimizer - dynamically create optimization constraints and interact with the model using intuitive on screen dashboards
• Predictive optimizer
• Define weighted input constraints from any model parameter
• Define and prioritize output parameters
• Apply optimized results to the model

• Pause, accelerate, or decelerate the simulation on the fly and at different user controlled intervals
• Define simulation run duration
• Simulation data-reset eliminates the effect of “warmup” time
• Model timers and events
• Pause/Resume individual processes
• Automated scenario control generation

• Display the Value Stream Map in the traditional format, or place it on top of a CAD layout
• Dynamically compute all required parameters including lead time, efficiency, value added time, waste time, etc on the map
• Updates to the Model constraints are dynamically transferred to the Value Stream Map and analysis
• For high mix operations, enable the Value Network Map to display product specific results and the impact of product mix
• The VSM can be displayed along with the object or resource flow spaghetti diagram
• Compare the computed parameters to current state values
• Auto-compute target takt time
• Print and export the generated value stream map
• Read More on Value Stream Map

• Product sorting and grouping for high mix operations
• Detailed routing analysis for every object flowing through the system
• Efficiency, OEE, and availability reports
• Part based efficiency and its effect on the overall model
• Cycle time breakdown showing non value added time and schedules in a spreadsheet and Gantt chart format
• Effects of transition and product movement on the flow
• Work schedule generation with detailed lean analysis
• Time Stamped object and process based schedule generation

Simulate, Analyze, Collaborate

• Load simulation models built with Simcad Pro^®
• Run the simulation
• Animate the simulation in 2D or 3D
• Display on-screen dashboards based on model definition
• Interactive simulation - User can directly interact with the simulation model while running (Constructs need to be enabled in the model)