Features
Everything you need to map, simulate, and improve a process
From AI process mapping and drag-and-drop modeling to discrete-event simulation, bottleneck analysis, and a full results report, every ProcessModel feature points at the same goal: see the work clearly, then prove the fix before you change the real operation.

Everything in one tool
Map it, model it, prove it
ProcessModel brings process mapping, a real discrete-event simulation engine, and clear analytics together, so one tool takes you from a sketch of the process to a decision you can defend.
Build the model fast
Go from a blank canvas to a working model in minutes
Start with AI process mapping or lay it out by hand. Either way, you are modeling the real operation in minutes, not wrestling with the tool.
Build with AI
Describe the process in plain language and AI builds the model, or describe a change to extend a model you already have. Research mode can use realistic data for a country or region you choose, with a preview before anything changes.
Drag-and-drop canvas
Place activities, queues, resources, gates, and routes on one visual canvas, so the model reads like the operation it stands for.
One-click automatic layout
Untangle a large model into a clean, readable diagram automatically, with no manual arranging and no crossing lines to chase.
Demo models and objects
Start from ready-made models and reusable building blocks, then adapt them to your own process instead of beginning from scratch.
Reusable subprocesses
Collapse detail into callable process groups, so a sprawling operation stays readable and the big picture stays in view.
Properties at your fingertips
Configure any object in a properties panel beside the canvas, with timing, resources, routing, costs, and logic all in one place.
Model reality, not a cartoon
Capture how work actually moves, varies, and waits
A model is only useful if it behaves like the real thing. ProcessModel represents the variability, the resources, the queues, and the routing that make an operation what it is.
True-to-life routing
Percentage, conditional, fork, pull, load balancing, attach and detach, renege, and fallback paths that mirror how work really moves.
Demand and arrivals
Continuous, periodic, scheduled calendar grids, daily patterns with a 24-hour curve, and order lead time, with bulk import for large arrival files.
Variability from your data
Choose from 26 probability distributions, or fit a distribution to your own observed data, so timing reflects reality instead of a guess.
Resources and shifts
Pooled staff and machines, availability and breakdowns, ten shift presets and custom schedules, breaks, overtime, priorities, and travel time.
Queues and blocking
Finite or unlimited queues, input and output buffers, back-pressure and blocking, and disciplines from FIFO to earliest due date.
Batching and material handling
Batch by count, timeout, schedule, or rule, with selection rules, attribute aggregation, nested batching, unbatch math, and carriers with finite capacity.
Inventory and materials
Aggregated stock, multiple items, zones and locations, unit costs, storage capacity, reorder levels, substitution, and FIFO or LIFO consumption.
Capture the rules that run your operation
Encode the policies, costs, and decisions behind the flow
Real operations run on rules. Write them once and the simulation respects them on every entity, on every run.
A real control-logic language
Per-step logic with variables, conditionals, loops, waits, get and free, and signals, edited inline with highlighting and suggestions.
Gates and signals
Time-window, shift, kanban-pull, WIP-limited, and rate-limited gates, with signals to coordinate flow across the model.
Decision tables
Drive routing and behavior from readable Process Tables, so the rules stay legible to the people who own the process.
Variables, attributes, and arrays
Track model state and per-entity attributes, with one, two, and three dimensional arrays for the data your logic needs.
Cost and value stream
Resource, activity, entity, and per-move costs, with value-added, required non-value-added, and non-value-added time across every path.
Prove the change before you make it
Test the future state and back every decision with numbers
Change a parameter, run again, and compare. The result arrives before you touch the real operation, so every proposed change is backed by evidence.
Scenario comparison
Layer changes over the base model, adjust resources, schedules, routing, and capacities, then compare current versus future state side by side.
Parallel replications
Run many replications of the same model at once, so variability settles into reliable averages without a long wait.
Parallel experiments
Run a sweep of scenarios side by side rather than one slow run after another, so a set of alternatives is measured together.
Reproducible runs
Seeded streams, warm-up periods, and bounded resampling give you confidence intervals across replications you can trust and repeat.
Get answers you can act on
A clear report after every run, with the bottleneck called out
A simulation is only as good as the answer it gives back. ProcessModel turns a run into a report you can act on, then explains it in plain language.
Output Report
Twelve tabs, from summary and activities to resources, costs, and queues, with confidence intervals across replications (90%, 95%, or 99%).
KPI summary at a glance
Throughput, average time in system, the headline bottleneck, and work in process, the moment a run finishes.
Impact Analysis
Every step ranked by the time and cost it adds, so the constraint that matters stops hiding behind the obvious one.
Queue Diagnostics heatmap
A distinctive view of where and when queues build through the operating window, with the worst hours called out.
AI Analysis
Read the run results in plain language, then ask follow-up questions with suggested prompts, grounded in your own activity, resource, and entity names. Choose a focus: throughput time, quantity, cost, process efficiency, or resource utilization.
Export and animation
Excel and text export, a live scoreboard during the run, and animation to watch the work move through the process.
Go deeper
See it in action, or get into the detail
The feature list above is the what. These two pages are the how, from the four-step workflow shown with the app to the full technical breakdown.
The product at a glance
The problem, the approach, and the four-step workflow, build with AI, run the simulation, find the bottleneck, and prove the fix, shown with the running app.
See how it worksTechnical capabilities
Twelve domains of operational detail, the 26 distributions, the control logic language, and the performance to analyze a complex model fast, for a thorough evaluation.
Explore the technical detailsProof
Built to handle real operations
Founded in 1999, ProcessModel has helped Fortune 500 companies save billions across manufacturing, healthcare, consulting, and government.
It was instrumental in helping me change our process to reduce our backlog from 23 days to 2.
The most easy to learn, most powerful, and most useful simulation and modeling software for transactional processes.
See the whole toolkit at work
Build the model, run the simulation, find the constraint, and prove the improvement before you change a thing.






















