IMValidation
Functions

In the simulation model the individual production schedule will be generated by linkage of the products and the choices of desired product variants. The production schedule will be improved mainly by choosing a type of deadline date (e.g. SNLT, FNLT), a date (start and finish date) and the amount. In the different scenarios the production schedule will be improved or changed.

The material supply will be adjustable for every network plan. All the known types of control (e.g. KANBAN) of the ERP-Systems can be allotted order oriented or continuous re-ordered to the different network plans.

The flexible adjustability of the material provision enables the comparison of the different logistic solutions.

To apply the global parameters allows you to define default values for the different scenarios. So you can define the names of the standard shift schedule for example and you can specify the start and finish date of the simulation. Those parameters can be overwriting in the different scenarios.

Shift schedules are an important component of a simulation. In the IMV you can be apply individual shift schedules for every simulation model. Beside the different shifts it’s possible to fill in additional time absents (e.g. vacations, holidays). As a result different shift schedules are created which can be used in every simulation model and which can be linked individual at working stations.

In a simulation project it’s able to define different scenarios to act alternatives of the simulation. In the single scenarios it’s able to choose a certain shift schedule for example. In addition the production plan or the material supply can be changed or enlarged. As a result the different scenarios will be comparable with each other and that allows optimizing the production planning.

On the basis of supported modeling it’s able to generate simulations for different manufacturing models (e.g. individual production, serious production, variant production) and logistic models (dock production, line production, Kanban) from the planning data. The assistant reverts to all existing informations. Only the informations about the parameters, a production plan and shift models are still required.

After a successful simulation run the results have to be prepared and processed by generate the often required KPIs from a simulation run and put them out as an excel-table with diagrams. The output format and the kind of diagrams will be individual adapted.

The Benchmarking is a important component of the IMV. It enables a graphical comparison of the different scenarios on the basis of operating figures. These operating figures come from the informations about time, costs and capacities.

The data supply takes place on the basis of the combinations of scenarios and simulations models inside of the planning project.

Another function of the IMV is the integration of layouts. For example it’s able to include manufacturing layouts for visualization and optimization of material throughput.
Further layout integrations are an applied layout and resources (e.g. manufacturing- or logistic stations) or layout calculations (distances, areas and capacities) in the simulation.