SimWell’s customer is a company working in the food industry. Their plant features multiple production lines, one of which prepares and packages individually-wrapped products. The production cell works at a high rate, thanks to packaging robots and a conveyor system. The client wished to reproduce this system as precisely as possible, in an Arena simulation model, […]
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Students from ÉTS win the 2017 IISE Arena Student Simulation Competition for the 3rd Straight Year
A team from ÉTS (École de Technologie Supérieure) has won the IISE/Arena Student Simulation Competition. SimWell would like to congratulate the members of the team for their splendid effort : Mathieu Dion Xavier Rousseau-Laliberté Marc Roy Mr. Dion, Rousseau-Laliberté and Roy made their university proud, while also representing the city of Montreal and Canada. It was the […]
How simulation guided a major transit agency to electrify its bus centers with confidence
A major transit agency wanted to electrify its bus fleet over a few year period, and they needed to find the best way to design and operate their future transports centers. With an experienced team like theirs it’s common to have the knowledge and intuition to make critical changes and transformations like electrifying their fleet. […]
Arena 16 – New Features
We’ve anticipated the release of Arena 16, and it’s here. The new features improve model build time, take advantage of multi-computing for faster run times and decision making, and provide more control through updated modules and variables. We’ll be applying these new features to projects right away. What’s New in Arena 16? Arena Multi-Computing Utility […]
Tableau Software – Data Visualization and Analytics
Tableau is a top-of-the-line software for easily analyzing data. Sorting, filtering, statistics and, most importantly, visualizing data in all sorts of graphs and charts. Spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore Tableau gives the ability to quickly create beautiful and easy to read dashboards combining, charts, maps, graphs and tables. The colors and formatting of the visualizations make them meaningful […]
5 Ways to Make Your Supply Chain Agile, Resilient, and More Profitable with anyLogistix
Smarter Supply Chain Planning with anyLogistix When customers search for ALX they search for the following reasons: Solve a critical business challenge in the supply chain. Reduce software costs by finding software to meet basic needs. Consolidate several supply chain design tools. Want to build agility into their supply chain services to make faster data-driven […]
An Introduction to Types of Simulation
Choosing the Right Types of Simulation For Your Project Before starting to build any simulation model for a given project, it becomes crucial to identify the types of simulation that best matches the system to be modeled. Will the system evolve over time? Will the system agents interact with each other’s and with their environment? […]
Strategies to Model Ore Processing Plants
By Alexandre Ouellet, President, SimWell NOTE: this article was originally published by Rockwell in the Arena Newsletter. A mine and its associated ore processing plant are typical environments where simulation provides important benefits. Simulation is used in these plants to address many important business considerations: Major Investments Strategic Decisions which have a major impact on […]
Simulation Modeling Best Practices
Simulation Best Practices for Real World Models Simulation Modeling Simulation best practices are key to being successful on every project, but it takes time to learn how to approach a model. This article teaches the simulation best practices used at SimWell that we’ve developed over hundreds of simulation models. Simulation modeling is the process of […]
Python API for AnyLogic Simulation
Integrating Python with AnyLogic for Simulation Modeling Python + AnyLogic The Python API for AnyLogic provides a powerful way to take your simulation models to the next level. Python represents one of the world’s most popular programming languages. According to the analyst firm RedMonk, Python ranks second on the latest ranking of programming language popularity, […]
