Simulation
Companies capable of quickly adapting to changes achieve success
The creation of scenarios and their importance are on the rise
Constant changes are part of everyday business. By quick response to changing market situations, the sustainability and competitiveness of business operations can be positively affected. The responsiveness of organisations, in turn, is affected by thorough preparation for different scenarios.
Through digitalisation, even working with scenarios can be implemented in a lean and agile manner, utilising modern technology. In industry, one of the specific ways for this is simulation.
Scenarios that can be elaborated through simulation:
New or overhaul investments, for example, modifications of plant layout.
Unexpected challenges, needless waiting, and bottlenecks in production process.
Optimisation of material flows and logistics.
Simulation is lean
Simulation, if anything, deserves to be called lean development work – it can be used for quick testing in a virtual world before moving to real-life production. In many cases, simulation is a more agile, less expensive, and more streamlined testing approach as compared to real-life testing.
Simulation is often introduced in companies in connection with some critical issue, or to investigate a production bottleneck, for example. When the benefits of simulation are revealed in the course of a project, it is often desired to extend them to cover other activities. If the customer decides to make a model maintainable and constantly up-to-date, so that any questions that may come up can be answered quickly, we are already on our way towards a digital twin.
Simulation and lean partnership based on years of experience for the following industries, among others:
Manufacturing industry
Logistics
Ports
Circular economy
Simulation services:
Simulation can help with securing the target volumes, supporting investment decisions, and enhancement of production capacity and efficiency. We support our customers in the design of production processes and production concepts. We have also analysed the impact of different production design and production control methods – for example, the overall effects of smaller batch sizes and pull control on forthcoming volumes. In simulation, we use the best tool on the market, the AnyLogic program.
Simulation is intelligent risk management
With the help of simulation, significant investment savings can be achieved and production performance improved. By utilising simulation:
- It is ensured that the right decision is made with respect to the planned investment and that costs are saved.
- With the help of different scenarios, it is ensured that even if external factors change, the investment will retain its functionality.
- The best way to run production is established.
- Understanding of the whole is facilitated and enhanced with the help of a virtual model.
- Risks are controlled by creating scenarios based on various alternatives.
Do you want to try?
We have been making simulation models for our customers for years. Now our experts have created an imaginary simulation model of a bicycle factory, which anyone interested can use to get to know the world of simulation. You can order wheels in different colors, adjust model parameters with slide switches, and find out where process bottlenecks are located and how to remove them.
Put yourself in the shoes of a bicycle manufacturer and have fun!
Our customers’ experiences with simulation:
Kempower – a digital twin enables a leap in productivity
A digital twin helped Kempower simulate different production scenarios in advance and make productivity-enhancing decisions regarding the layout and resourcing…
Pintos
Pintos, one of Finland’s leading suppliers of concrete construction products, manufactures reinforcement mesh, lifting hooks, concrete casting accessories and fasteners…
Junnikkala
Junnikkala is an export-driven wood processing company with a history of more than 60 years. To meet growing demand, the…
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How to get started?
The initial simulation project stage contains precise specification in co-operation with the customer. In the course of the specification, our experts elaborate the project objectives, research questions, and source data, and maintain an active dialogue with the customer throughout the project. By simulation and optimisation models suitable for different needs, we can present the scenarios and their impact on production.
- Specification of needs together with the customer
- Simulation or lean project offer
- Simulation process: modelling and validation
- Scenarios
- Final report