Situation 1: Complex weekly planning
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Your situation:
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Non-linear production with crossed flows or with bottleneck equipment used by all products (oven, autoclave, paint line, CNC, panel saw, MRI, operating room, etc.)
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You make a plan for the week as best you can
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You achieve your week of operation more or less according to the plan
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You see the results and resulting issues
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You repeat for the following week
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What an advanced planning tool allows:
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On Friday you test your plan for the following week in the simulator
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Within minutes you see results and problems for the week ahead
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You make the adjustments to your plan that you test immediately in ​the simulator
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You leave for the weekend with peace of mind because you know that the plan for the coming week is optimized
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Applications of Advanced Simulation Based Planning Tool
Situation 2: Uncertainty about future capacity needs
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Your situation:
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You must plan your equipment, labor, space and/or warehousing needs for the coming year or for years to come
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What you do:​
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You make an Excel spreadsheet that estimates these needs based on the current as well as the demand forecasts and your experience​
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This spreadsheet contains many simplifications compared to reality because it is not possible to take into account all the variability and complexity in un Excel spreadsheet
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What an advanced planning tool can do:​
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You simulate an entire year of production in a few minutes while taking into account the variability of the processes, the probabilities of unforeseen events, the demand seasonality for all products.
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You can see your future equipment, labor, space and/or storage needs by day, week, month and you don't have to settle for an average.
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Thus, you get a complete and realistic portrait of future needs in order to make more informed decisions.
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