What can SimVSM do?

SimVSM provides you with a comprehensive tool that combines traditional value stream analysis with the possibilities offered by digitalisation. Production and logistics processes can be modelled digitally from the outset or, with the aid of AI-supported value stream capture, imported, analysed and evaluated using integrated simulations.

Value stream analysis provides transparency regarding processes, stock levels, lead times, and the flow of materials and information, thereby forming an important basis for process optimisation.

With SimVSM, this approach can be taken further digitally: value streams can not only be captured and documented, but also adapted, compared and evaluated using relevant key performance indicators. This allows different process variants to be systematically examined and improvement measures to be assessed more thoroughly. Whether in the office, on the shop floor or directly on site at the process: SimVSM supports value stream analysis from the initial assessment through modelling and analysis to the evaluation of different scenarios.

Process overview: From a blank project to a simulated value stream

SimVSM guides you through clearly defined steps, from initial modelling to the analysed simulation.

Build the model
You create a new project and drag and drop the required value stream objects into the modelling area.
You then link the objects via material and information flows and define the key input parameters for each process, from the customer right through to the final production step.

Supplementing the framework conditions
Shift calendars define when each process is active. The information flow is supplemented as required using note objects and text fields, for example for planning specifications or control logic.

Checking the model
Static KPIs such as cycle times show immediately during modelling whether the inputs are plausible.
A check function ensures that all objects are correctly connected before the simulation starts.

Simulate and evaluate
Once the simulation duration has been set, start the calculation.
The results show, amongst other things, lead times, process utilisation and stock levels, and can be compared with other model variants.

Find out more and have a go

The short video tutorials on this page provide an overview of SimVSM’s key features, from project management through modelling to simulation. If you’d like to know more about practical application, we recommend our webinars and training courses.