Process Simulation Helps Pave the Way to Increased Profits
We’ve come a long way since pioneer days of dusty, rutted roads, which flooded and mudded during the rainy season, causing old fashioned vehicles to get stuck in the muck. […]
Maintaining Your Process Improvement Efforts
Sometimes the message just doesn’t get to the people that are most important. I called a few of our customers personally and found that the majority of them did not know about all the products and services we have to help you in maintaining your process improvement efforts. Below are a series of questions that [...]
Lean Manufacturing Clears the View
The latest improvements in ProcessModel have made it an excellent tool for enhancing lean manufacturing, which strives to eliminate eight wastes: […]
Keeping Pace with Explosive Growth
Although it is wonderful news when a business enjoys unprecedented explosive growth, the expansion often presents challenges. […]
Keeping Fighting Birds in Flight
As one of the three U.S. Air Force maintenance flight depots, the Ogden Air Logistics Center Aircraft Directorate provides depot repair, modification, and maintenance support to major aircraft weapons systems. […]
Finding Value in the Value Stream
ProcessModel was used in a company to reduce operating expenses by $133 million per year, over three years by directly attacking the value stream. […]
How to Select a Simulation Consultant
Tight budgets for many companies have resulted in the hiring of simulation consultant for specialized critical projects rather than develop internal expertise. This article gives some practical guidelines for selecting the right consultant for your project. […]
Defining Objectives for Business
To obtain a powerful competing advantage in a market that is rapidly moving, you may want to strongly take benefit from possibilities that can happen and keep away from responding to change. […]
Veterans Do Better with Process Simulation
With budget overruns in the trillions of dollars much of our federal government has been given the mandate to “do better with less.” The words ring true, but most people have difficulty actually making changes that don’t make the problem worst. […]
Assembly Line Process Improvement Using Simulation
I was tasked with with recommending the production configuration for a low volume, variable product, assembly line (500 to 700 units per month). The request seemed simple enough. […]