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Process Digital Twins: Simplified with Simio

Process Digital Twins: Simplified with Simio offers a clear, accessible introduction to the emerging discipline of process digital twins. This book breaks down complex digital twin concepts into practical insights, showing how businesses can harness virtual representations of their operations to improve decision making, optimize workflows, and drive continuous improvement. Designed for professionals across industries, it explains key principles using straightforward language and real-world examples to make process digital twins tangible and actionable.

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Jeffrey S. Smith and David T. Sturrock

Simio and Simulation – Modeling, Analysis, Applications – 7th Edition

This seventh edition explains how to use simulation to make better business decisions in application domains from healthcare to mining, heavy manufacturing to supply chains, and everything in between. It is written to help both technical and non-technical users better understand the concepts and usefulness of simulation. It can be…

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Jeffrey A. Joines and Michael E. Kuhl

Simulation Modeling with SIMIO: A Workbook – 6th Edition

Simulation Modeling with SIMIO: A Workbook 6th Edition is an active-learning textbook that guides students through the complete simulation modeling process using the latest SIMIO software. This edition emphasizes the distinction between model logic and data while introducing advanced concepts like digital twin technology and Industry 4.0 applications. Through hands-on…

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Gerrit Zaayman

Manufacturing Digital Twin

The application of a digital twin to optimize industrial operations, processes, and systems is increasingly being used by business enterprises in the industrial sector. The digital twin is a virtual representation of real-world industrial systems. It is a connected ecosystem where real-time data transfers from physical processes are monitored, analyzed,…

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C. Dennis Pegden

Deliver on Your Promise: How Simulation-Based Scheduling Will Change Your Business

You’re a manager. You may be in charge of a make-to-order product, or maybe you oversee transportation and logistics in the service industry. But no matter what you do, the most important part of your job is to make your customers happy. And your biggest headache? It’s scheduling, and all…

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C. Dennis Pegden

Process Improvement Principles: A Concise Guide for Managers

Where the improvement of processes and systems across diverse industries is concerned, the Process Improvement Principles is a bible of sorts for improving the design and operations of all types of systems. The set of 25 principles shared throughout the textbook can be applied in the manufacturing industry, healthcare, distribution,…

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Simio API Overview

The Simio API Overview document comprehensively details the integration and extension capabilities of Simio Simulation & Scheduling Software through its robust Application Programming Interface. This technical resource outlines multiple extension points where developers can integrate custom functionality using .NET languages, enabling programmers to enhance the underlying simulation engine with user-defined…

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Simio For Mac

The Simio for Mac Reference Manual delivers comprehensive guidance for establishing Windows instances on macOS platforms to facilitate seamless Simio simulation software implementation. This technical resource outlines multiple virtualization methodologies—including Parallels Desktop, Bootcamp, Oracle VM VirtualBox, and VMware Fusion—enabling users to effectively deploy Simio’s Windows-based applications within the Mac ecosystem.

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Simio-AVEVA Integration Guide

The Simio-AVEVA Integration Guide presents a comprehensive framework for implementing real-time, simulation-based production scheduling with AVEVA Manufacturing Execution Systems. This technical resource details the bidirectional data integration protocols that enable organizations to leverage Simio’s advanced finite capacity scheduling capabilities within existing AVEVA infrastructures, facilitating rapid schedule recalculation in response to…

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