Conduct “What If” Analysis. The ability to compare costly “alternatives and idea concepts” prior to implementation. "Sensitivity Analysis", find out where the sensitive areas are within the process; areas that react to minor input changes.
Less difficult then complex mathematical models, and adds much more realism. Includes stochastic behavior.
Easy to communicate results to manufacturing team and management. A picture is worth a thousand words…. An animation is worth some 1000 pictures!
Time compression, clock advances according to significant events within the event database. Hence, we can run a year’s production in minutes or hours.
User involvement results in a sense of “ownership” and facilitates implementation.
The act of creating a model drives out further questions that the design team might not have considered.
Easy to “scale” the system and study the effects.
Avoids costly process changes after implementation! No digging new pits, moving mezzanines, nor adding costly robots after product launch.
Confirms “Return on Investment” and adhering to program budget.
Assists in preparing for program launch and achieving program throughput targets.
Can be Aligned with shop-floor data collection systems, and performance reports.
Identity’s steady state and control limits such as x-bar & r charts to track when manufacturing faults impede throughput targets.
Can identify how to react to catastrophic downtime events. What is the best way to get back to steady state after a lengthy failure.
Can be used as a training tool for understanding complex routing logic.
Can be used as a test-bed or tool for creating ladder logic.
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