Plant Simulation Plant, line and process simulation and optimization Benefits Summary • Enhance productivity of Tecnomatix® Plant Simulation software enables the simulation and existing production facilities optimization of production systems and processes. Using Plant Simulation, by as much as 20 percent you can optimize material flow, resource utilization and logistics for all levels • Reduce investment in of plant planning from global production facilities, through local plants, to planning new production specific lines. facilities as much as 20 percent • Cut inventory and throughput time by as much as 60 percent • Optimize system dimensions, including buffer sizes • Reduce investment risks through early proof of concept • Maximize use of manu- facturing resources • Improve line design and schedule Features • Simulation of complex production systems and control strategies • Object-oriented, hierarchical models of plants, encompassing business, In times of increasing cost and time pressures in production, along with logistic and production ongoing globalization, logistics has become a key factor in the success of a processes company. The need to deliver JIT (just-in-time)/ JIS (just-in-sequence), • Dedicated application object introduce Kanban, plan and build new production lines and manage global libraries for fast and efficient production networks (to name a few) requires objective decision criteria to modeling of typical scenarios help management evaluate and compare alternative approaches. • Graphs and charts for analysis of throughput, Plant Simulation helps create digital models of logistic systems (e.g., resources and bottlenecks production) to explore the systems’ characteristics and to optimize their performance. The digital model enables users to run experiments and what-if scenarios without disturbing an existing production system or – when used in the planning process – long before the real system is installed. Extensive TECNOMATIX www.siemens.com/tecnomatix TECNOMATIX Plant Simulation Features continued analysis tools, statistics and charts let by using components from application • Comprehensive analysis users evaluate different manufacturing object libraries dedicated to specific tools, including Automatic scenarios and make fast, reliable decisions business processes, such as assembly or Bottleneck Analyzer, Sankey in the early stages of production planning. carbody manufacturing processes. Users diagrams and Gantt charts can choose from predefined resources, • 3D online visualization and Plant Simulation helps users: order lists, operation plans and control animation • Detect and eliminate problems that rules. By extending the library with your • Integrated neural networks otherwise would require cost- and time- own objects you can capture best-practice and experiment handling consuming correction measures during engineering experiences for further • Genetic algorithms for production rampup simulation studies. automated optimization of • Minimize the investment cost of system parameters production lines without jeopardizing Complex and detailed simulations can be • Open system architecture required output handled, understood and maintained supporting multiple • Optimize the performance of existing much better than in conventional interfaces and integration production systems by taking measures simulation tools by using Plant Simulation capacities (ActiveX, CAD, that have been verified in a simulation architectural advantages like capsulation, Oracle SQL, ODBC, XML, environment prior to implementation inheritance and hierarchy. Socket, OPC, etc.) Modeling manufacturing processes Simulating system performance using libraries of standard and Plant Simulation simulations are used to specialized components optimize throughput, relieve bottlenecks Plant Simulation enables you to create and minimize work-in-process. The well-structured, hierarchical models of simulation models take into consideration production facilities, internal and external supply chains, lines and processes. This is achieved production resources and business through powerful object-oriented processes, allowing you to analyze the architecture and modeling capabilities that impact of different production variations. enable you to create and maintain even You can evaluate different line production highly complex systems, including control strategies and verify synchron- advanced control mechanisms. ization of lines and sublines. The system lets you define various material flow rules Plant Simulation’s user interface follows and check their effect on the line’s Microsoft Windows standards, making it performance. Control rules are chosen easy to get familiar and productive quickly. from libraries and may be further detailed Simulation models can be created quickly to model highly sophisticated controls. TECNOMATIX The Plant Simulation experiment manager Analyzing simulation results 3D visualization allows you to define multiple experiments Plant Simulation analysis tools allow for In addition to the highly efficient 2D view, at one time, providing an efficient way to easy interpretation of simulation results. simulation may be visualized in a virtual, analyze and optimize your system. Based Statistical analysis, graphs and charts 3D environment. Using Plant Simulation’s on user-defined parameters, Plant display the utilization of buffers, machines libraries or external CAD data, impressive Simulation executes different simulation and personnel. You can generate extensive 3D models can be built and used in several runs and provides you with the results of statistics and charts to support dynamic ways, including: these experiments. analysis of performance parameters • Easy-to-understand platform for internal including line workload, breakdowns, idle and external discussions Automatic optimization and repair time and proprietary key • Management presentations Optimization can also be done automat- performance factors. • Customer demonstrations ically by using the Plant Simulation genetic • Trade show displays algorithms module. This is especially At the click of a button, Plant Simulation’s • Brochures, animations and other useful if a variety of system parameters bottleneck analyzer shows the utilization sales tools and constraints make it difficult to find of resources, thus indicating bottlenecks as the optimum. well as underworked machines. Material flow may be visualized in a Sankey chart that, at a glance, shows transport volume in the context of the layout. Plant Simulation also generates a Gantt chart of the optimized production plans that can be modified interactively. Genetic algorithms optimize system parameters while considering multiple constraints such as throughput, inventory, utilization of resources and delivery dates. These solutions are further evaluated by using simulations to interactively find the optimal solution according to line balance and various lot sizes. © 2011 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Contact Inc. All rights reserved. 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