Less than a decade ago, the greatest minds in the field of simulation modeling, scheduling, and all things digital transformation came together and agreed to share their knowledge directly with individuals interested in their field....
Read MoreHuman Judgment, also known as Seat Of The Pants Analysis (SOTPA), is probably the least acknowledged but most widely used alternative to simulation. SOTPA is making decisions by instinct and feelings rather than using objective...
Read MoreBy Jeff Joines (Associate Professor In Textile Engineering at NCSU) This is a three part series on Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, and Simulation. The first blog will explain the Six Sigma methodology and the bridge...
Read MoreThe annual Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) starts two weeks from today. Initially as a practitioner and then later as a vendor I have attended over 20 of these conferences in addition to dozens of other...
Read MoreSystems rarely perform exactly as predicted. A person doing a task may take six minutes one time and eight minutes the next. Sometimes variability is due to outside forces, like materials that behave differently based...
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