We are thrilled to announce that Simio has been awarded the highly sought-after U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) IT-70 contract for Government Services. This marks a significant milestone in Simio's mission to deliver cutting-edge simulation...
Read MoreThe latest era of industrial revolution - Industry 4.0 connects and revolutionizes various aspects of the industry including manufacturing processes as well as business processes such as supply chain. The increasing demand of customized product...
Read MoreThe modern industry has seen great advances since its earliest iteration at the beginning of the industrial revolution in the 18th century. For centuries, most of the goods including weapons, tools, food, clothing and housing,...
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 MoreEveryone wants to cut costs. No one wants to spend unnecessarily. When budgets are tight, software and software projects are an easy place to cut. Staff positions like Industrial Engineers are sometimes easier to cut...
Read MoreBy Jeff Joines ([email protected]) Associate Professor in Textile Engineering This is the final installment of the three part series on Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, and Simulation. The first part explained the Six Sigma methodologies and...
Read MoreGuest article from Marco Ribeiro Corporations everywhere today face the huge challenge of surviving and growing in an extremely competitive environment. Markets are shaped and reshaped due to constant innovation, customer demands and fierce competition....
Read MoreBy Jeff Joines (Associate Professor In Textile Engineering at NCSU) This is the second of the three part series on Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, and Simulation. The first part explained the Six Sigma methodologies. Recall...
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 MoreAssembly processes are a common part of manufacturing and can be found in applications as diverse as apparel, electronics, automotive, aerospace, and even food processing. Assembly operations share many common simulation applications with general manufacturing,...
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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