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Arena: Doing More with Less

Posted by Tyler DiFrischia on Apr 21, 2020 4:31:22 PM

Simulation allows us to understand our day to day operations and make improvements based on changes both internal and external. During a pandemic, it is more critical than ever to utilize this tool to avoid extra costs and effectively changeover. We’re seeing many different organizations tackle large changes through the power from Arena Simulation such as machine retooling, social distancing requirements, and of course, health care needs.

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Topics: Manufacturing, Tips & Tricks, Project Management, Healthcare

Simulation Tip: Data Driven vs Hard Coding

Posted by Melanie Barker on Jul 8, 2019 3:58:21 PM

While simulation tools have improved over time, most of these improvements have been in regards to simplifying technical hurdles, like importing data or making the user interface easier to understand. The complexity of how to break down a complicated, real-world process into concrete steps that can be modeled in a simulation language continues to be the most difficult part of using any package.

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Topics: Manufacturing, Tips & Tricks, Consultant's Corner

Planning Flexibility Into Complex Models

Posted by Melanie Barker on Jun 1, 2017 9:47:00 PM

In this month’s case study, one of the chief goals of the simulation model was to test several potential operational modifications. When there are several changes to test, the questions arise:

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Topics: Manufacturing, Packaging, Consultant's Corner, Project Management, Healthcare

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