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Case studies, buyer's guides, and question sets from operations that had a decision to make: a network to redesign, a warehouse to size, a schedule that stopped holding. The case studies show the decision and what the model changed. The guides help you frame yours before you commit to anything. Filter by type, topic, or industry.

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From Pilot to Planning Infrastructure
Case Study · Simulation

From Pilot to Planning Infrastructure

See how one company turned simulation from a project into a core competency.

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24 Strategic Questions to Ask Before Investing in Manufacturing Simulation
Ebook · Simulation

24 Strategic Questions to Ask Before Investing in Manufacturing Simulation

Before you build a manufacturing simulation, ask smarter questions. This guide gives you 24 strategic prompts to clarify your objectives, align your t…

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Eight Questions Every Supply Chain Leader Should Ask 
Ebook

Eight Questions Every Supply Chain Leader Should Ask 

Discover how supply chain simulation sharpens cost, service, and resilience decisions. Learn how leading teams use simulation to test scenarios, reduc…

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SimWell Decision Intelligence Capabilities
Ebook · Simulation

SimWell Decision Intelligence Capabilities

See how SimWell provides unparalleled decision intelligence.

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How Warehouse Simulation Multiplies Value Across Layout, Labor, and Automation
Ebook · Simulation

How Warehouse Simulation Multiplies Value Across Layout, Labor, and Automation

Discover how warehouse simulation improves layout, labor planning, and automation ROI. Learn how top-performing teams use simulation to reduce risk, b…

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Simulation vs. Dashboards vs. Optimization: What Business Leaders Need to Know
Ebook · Simulation

Simulation vs. Dashboards vs. Optimization: What Business Leaders Need to Know

Discover the key differences between simulation, dashboards, and optimization—and learn which tools truly empower business leaders to make strategic d…

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8 Simulation Questions Every Quick-Service Restaurant Should Be Asking
Ebook · Simulation

8 Simulation Questions Every Quick-Service Restaurant Should Be Asking

Discover how simulation can transform quick-service restaurants (QSR) by answering the 8 essential questions every operator must ask.

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Warehouse Simulation - 22 Questions to Ask Before You Start
Ebook · Simulation

Warehouse Simulation - 22 Questions to Ask Before You Start

Plan smarter, move faster, and avoid costly missteps. These 22 questions help you get the most from warehouse simulation—before change hits the floor.

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How to Buy Warehouse Simulation: A Practical Guide for Capital and Operational Projects
Ebook · Simulation

How to Buy Warehouse Simulation: A Practical Guide for Capital and Operational Projects

Discover key questions warehouse leaders should be asking—and how simulation helps you answer them with confidence to drive smarter projects and real …

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Strategic Questions That Improve Flow, Staffing, and Scheduling
Ebook · Simulation

Strategic Questions That Improve Flow, Staffing, and Scheduling

Discover game-changing questions healthcare leaders should be asking—and how simulation helps you answer them with confidence.

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Unlocking Simulation Success
Ebook · Simulation

Unlocking Simulation Success

Building a simulation Dream Team means knowing what to outsource and knowing what to keep in-house.

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An Agile Approach to Simulation
Ebook · Simulation

An Agile Approach to Simulation

Discover how agile simulation unlocks early insights, minimizes risks, and drives growth. Download Applying Agile to Simulation today!

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How to Buy Simulation
Ebook · Simulation

How to Buy Simulation

Buying simulation is a complex decision. Use our framework to simplify the process.

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Simulation: From Project to Process
Ebook · Simulation

Simulation: From Project to Process

Once you've seen what simulation can accomplish, it's time to make it a core competency for your business.

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Create The Synergies You  Envisioned With Your Mergers & Acquisitions, M&A
Ebook · Simulation

Create The Synergies You Envisioned With Your Mergers & Acquisitions, M&A

Unlock the synergies envisioned in your mergers and acquisitions.

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Optimize Your  Supply Chain Nearshoring Strategy
Ebook · Optimization

Optimize Your Supply Chain Nearshoring Strategy

Optimize Nearshoring Your Supply Chain. Learn more about how Advanced Supply Chain Modeling with SimWell can help you plan and execute successful near…

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Cutting Supply Chain Costs and Remaining Competitive
Ebook · Simulation

Cutting Supply Chain Costs and Remaining Competitive

Discover strategies to slash supply chain costs while staying competitive. Explore innovative solutions for optimal efficiency

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5 Ways Dynamic Capacity Planning with Simulation Puts You in Control of Change In Your Supply Chain
Ebook · Simulation

5 Ways Dynamic Capacity Planning with Simulation Puts You in Control of Change In Your Supply Chain

Optimize your supply chain with dynamic capacity planning. Explore the role of simulation in the process.

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Quick-Serve Restaurant Uses Simulation Model to Minimize Labor Requirements
Case Study · Simulation

Quick-Serve Restaurant Uses Simulation Model to Minimize Labor Requirements

Read the full case study to see how simulation helped Quick-Serve Restaurant to minimize labor requirements.

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A Leading Manufacturer Implements A Supply Chain Digital Twin Guided By Simwell
Case Study · Digital Twin

A Leading Manufacturer Implements A Supply Chain Digital Twin Guided By Simwell

Read the full case study to see how SimWell helped a leading manufacturer to identify potential distribution centers locations.

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Ten Years of Warehouse Capacity in Thirty Seconds
Case Study · Simulation

Ten Years of Warehouse Capacity in Thirty Seconds

An apparel company turned a ten-year forecast into storage and throughput for every warehouse, with a model that runs a decade in under 30 seconds.

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RPM eco uses end-to-end solution to Optimize Recycling Supply Chain
Case Study · Optimization

RPM eco uses end-to-end solution to Optimize Recycling Supply Chain

Read the full case study to see how SimWell implemented end-to-end solution to Optimize Recycling Supply Chain

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Cookies United Production Scheduling Optimization Tool
Case Study · Optimization

Cookies United Production Scheduling Optimization Tool

Read the full case study to see how SimWell helped Cookies United to create Production Scheduling Optimization Tool

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One Day to Every Store, or Two Warehouses
Case Study · Optimization

One Day to Every Store, or Two Warehouses

A pet and farm supplies retailer compared distribution networks on real road distances and identified a 10% cost avoidance.

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How Do I Know if I Need Simulation?
Quiz · Simulation

How Do I Know if I Need Simulation?

Learn if simulation, optimization, or analytics solution is right for your business.

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Automated sorting system. Warehouse simulation model
Case Study · Simulation

Automated sorting system. Warehouse simulation model

Read the full case study to see how SimWell built an automated sorting system simulation model for a fulfillment facility for an online retailer.

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Simulation & AI as a Decision Making Tool for Supply Operations
Case Study · Simulation

Simulation & AI as a Decision Making Tool for Supply Operations

Read the full case study to see how SimWell helped a clothing solutions client with Simulation and AI.

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How SimWell Helped a Beam Manufacturer Identify & Eliminate Bottlenecks
Case Study · Simulation

How SimWell Helped a Beam Manufacturer Identify & Eliminate Bottlenecks

Read the full case study to see how SimWell helped a beam manufacturer identify & eliminate bottlenecks with the power of simulation.

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Same Dock, 40% More Trailers
Case Study · Simulation

Same Dock, 40% More Trailers

A playground manufacturer's dock model showed loading sequence had no effect on trailers per day and crated loading shipped 40% more.

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Will a new warehouse's conveyor keep up with its docks and stations?
Case Study · Simulation

Will a new warehouse's conveyor keep up with its docks and stations?

Two retailers designing new facilities used simulation to size dock doors, conveyor, and goods-to-person stations before construction, and redesigned …

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Delivery Time Halved, Transportation Cost Down 5%
Case Study · Simulation

Delivery Time Halved, Transportation Cost Down 5%

A Canadian retailer tested store-fulfillment networks in simulation and chose one that halved online delivery time and cut transportation cost 5%.

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The Power of Combining Simulation and Reinforcement Learning
Case Study · Simulation

The Power of Combining Simulation and Reinforcement Learning

Read the full case study to see how simulation and reinforcement learning can open new doors to complex problem solving.

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How SimWell helped the Quebec City transit agency to battle bus-bunching and improve service
Case Study · Simulation

How SimWell helped the Quebec City transit agency to battle bus-bunching and improve service

Read the full case study on a transit agency improving their service with the help of SimWell and simulation.

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SimWell Built a Simulation Model to Help a Quick Serve Pizza Restaurant Chain Test a New Circle of Operations and Optimize the Number of Workers
Case Study · Simulation

SimWell Built a Simulation Model to Help a Quick Serve Pizza Restaurant Chain Test a New Circle of Operations and Optimize the Number of Workers

Read the full case study to see how SimWell helped a quick-serve pizza restaurant test a new circle of operations and optimize the number of workers i…

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A Year of Dispatch, Off the Physical Board
Case Study · Digital Twin

A Year of Dispatch, Off the Physical Board

A maritime workforce dispatcher replaced a manual dispatch board with a simulation of every assignment and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars a ye…

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Trailblazing mining company partners with SimWell to optimize open-pit mining logistics
Case Study · Simulation

Trailblazing mining company partners with SimWell to optimize open-pit mining logistics

Read the full case study to learn how SimWell developed a model improving the load and haul operations used in an open-pit mining operation

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Which Machine to Buy Next
Case Study · Simulation

Which Machine to Buy Next

An open-pit mining company planning to nearly double throughput ranked its equipment investments by their effect on the whole mine-to-train chain.

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Are ships waiting at berth for trains?
Case Study · Simulation

Are ships waiting at berth for trains?

A bulk mineral exporter simulated its mine-to-port chain, from mine loadout across a continental rail corridor to two coastal terminals, to test train…

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SimWell Builds a Digital Twin Capable of Giving a Railway Company Insights Into Their Operation & Decision Making
Case Study · Digital Twin

SimWell Builds a Digital Twin Capable of Giving a Railway Company Insights Into Their Operation & Decision Making

Learn how SimWell helped a railway company gain insights into its operation and help with decision-making.

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What is the most a new store prototype can serve in a peak hour?
Case Study · Simulation

What is the most a new store prototype can serve in a peak hour?

A quick-service restaurant chain used a calibrated store simulation to find each prototype's peak-hour capacity and set crew by position, without anot…

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Side-by-side, single, or merged: which drive-thru should a new concept build?
Case Study · Simulation

Side-by-side, single, or merged: which drive-thru should a new concept build?

A new quick-service concept used a data-driven simulation to choose its drive-thru layout and size the kitchen, crew, and equipment to match, with no …

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Thirty Years of Trucks, Decided Nine Seconds at a Time
Case Study · Simulation

Thirty Years of Trucks, Decided Nine Seconds at a Time

A mining company cut a haul-fleet simulation from 160 to 9 seconds per simulated year and put an optimizer in the loop to find the lowest-cost path to…

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Browns Shoes Warehouse – SimWell Simulates the Automated Conveyor System for Order Picking and Shipping
Case Study · Simulation

Browns Shoes Warehouse – SimWell Simulates the Automated Conveyor System for Order Picking and Shipping

SimWell’s customer is a company specialized in top international designer shoe collections and exclusive street fashion. Browns Shoes wants to optimiz…

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An equipment rental company uses Advanced Excel expertise of SimWell for their dashboard
Case Study · Optimization

An equipment rental company uses Advanced Excel expertise of SimWell for their dashboard

An equipment rental company uses an Excel workbook containing several macros (VBA) to create their financial dashboard every month. The employee respo…

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A manufacturer of doors and windows uses simulation to optimize his painting department
Case Study · Simulation

A manufacturer of doors and windows uses simulation to optimize his painting department

The increase in demand forces the manufacturer to review its painting process and increase the production rate of the department. The customer wants t…

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The Next Investment After an Acquisition
Case Study · Simulation

The Next Investment After an Acquisition

After acquiring a competitor's mining and oil processing operations, an oil company simulated a year of production for each investment option to find …

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The Complete Guide to Simulation eBook
Ebook · Simulation

The Complete Guide to Simulation eBook

The Step by Step Plan to a Successful Project You'll learn the proven process that we've used to build hundreds of successful simulation projects.

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Building a Rail Yard Digital Twin with AnyLogic Simulation
Case Study · Digital Twin

Building a Rail Yard Digital Twin with AnyLogic Simulation

A rail yard is a complex mix of railroad tracks and switches designed for the storing, sorting, loading, and unloading of rail cars. Operational effic…

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A Pipeline That Moves Every Week
Case Study · Simulation

A Pipeline That Moves Every Week

How Ferus sized the tractor and trailer fleet for a CNG network in the North Dakota Bakken, holding 100% service at the lowest fleet cost.

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Free Arena Simulation Model – Flow Process Template
Model · Simulation

Free Arena Simulation Model – Flow Process Template

You will get the zipped model file, which was built by our simulation experts. It can be executed or modified using the free evaluation version of the…

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Eight Question Types That Drive Simulation Success
Ebook · Simulation

Eight Question Types That Drive Simulation Success

Learn the types of questions simulation can help you answer.

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24 Questions to Ask Before You Invest in Simulation
Ebook · Simulation

24 Questions to Ask Before You Invest in Simulation

Uncover essential questions to maximize ROI and streamline decision-making. Explore powerful simulation strategies for transformative business growth.

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Optimizing Leading Spice Manufacturer's Packaging Lines with a Scalable Simulation Model
Case Study

Optimizing Leading Spice Manufacturer's Packaging Lines with a Scalable Simulation Model

Read the full case study to learn how SimWell helped a leading spice manufacturer to optimize their packaging operations with scalable simulation mode…

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Booked Years Out. Blind Past Next Quarter.
Case Study · Optimization

Booked Years Out. Blind Past Next Quarter.

How one vertical manufacturer changed visibility with simulation.

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One Model. Four Mines.
Case Study · Simulation

One Model. Four Mines.

How one company gained full visibility into their mines with a single model.

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Pre-Feasibility Logistics for Critical Minerals
Case Study · Optimization

Pre-Feasibility Logistics for Critical Minerals

An Asian metals manufacturer needed defensible logistics analysis before committing US$25M to a critical minerals mine. Two prior advisors couldn't an…

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Network-Wide Check-In Operations Redesign
Case Study · Simulation

Network-Wide Check-In Operations Redesign

Discover how one major airline transformed its check-in process using advanced modeling to address operational challenges during peak travel times.

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The Bottleneck that Wasn't
Case Study · Simulation

The Bottleneck that Wasn't

Discover how a detailed model identified the true bottleneck in operations, guiding a major capex decision for effective sulfur logistics and preventi…

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Case Study · Optimization

Cutting Stock at Network Scale

Seven plants, one shared customer base, and a cutting problem every site had already solved. See how embedding trim loss into the network optimization…

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