Value Stream Mapping Will Slow Production, Increase Costs and Destroy your Company’s Profitability See the five process problems experienced by most companies, why they can’t be solved with Value-Stream Mapping (VSM), and how you can solve them with ease. Read on… […]
There is a technique to schedule high-volume production (millions of entities) and not slow the simulation. Scheduling with these volumes sounds impossible but, it’s not, and it’s simple to implement. To find out more, read the steps and get a link to a new model object. […]
One customer asked, “Could a resource to be underutilized and still be a bottleneck?” The person standing next to him incorrectly responded: “I don’t think that’s possible.” Yes, it is possible for an underutilized resource to be the delay. And it's also possible to find out when its happening and if there is a repeating [...]
Two new manufacturing assembly model objects are released. These model objects are combined to handle intermittent assembly systems. Intermittent Assembly Systems can produce many different products on the same line. Each product may require different quantities or types of subassemblies. Assembly times change. Even resource assignments may change. Simplify Creation of Intermittent Assembly Models Intermittent [...]
The ProcessModel resource scheduler defines shifts for all staff and assets on a single page. It’s simple to use, provides visibility of all shifts and tracks the total hours assigned. […]
The Inbound Call Center Model Object automates the creation of complex models to represent the behavior of a call center. It uses named employees, shifts, and skill definition to simulate the behavior of an inbound call or service center. […]
ProcessModel Time Well, it's about time! No, really -- it's about time. ProcessModel just released a time study software for processes with many steps, occurring at multiple stations. It's easy-to-set-up, simple-to-use and designed specifically for ProcessModel. ProcessModel Time is ideal for capturing data for many stations at the same time. If you have a Windows laptop* [...]
Simplify changes to all areas of your model by creating a ProcessModel custom interface. This article walks you through the process and provides a template to make your work easy. […]
ProcessModel Version 5.6.2 has new features to simplify the model building process. I hope you enjoy this version as much as we have during testing. Scott P. Baird, President […]
During a severe pandemic, Saving Children’s Lives requires making difficult decisions. Rather than accepting patients on a first in, first serve basis, the patients should be triaged and allowed access to critical beds and resources based on defined criteria. But, what are the criteria? There are proposed strategies but no one has been able to show [...]