WITH WIPSIM, EASILY SIMULATE YOUR WORKSHOPS
Simulate to improve your production’s performance.
Simulate and optimize your workshops
A Industry 4.0 tool to forecast and improve your industrial performance
Design your future production lines
- Anticipate your throughtputs and works in process,
- Forecast the lead times of your pieces
- Determine the optimum batch sizes,
- Calculate the flow tension ratios.
Improve your current workshops
- Optimize your resources to ensure the lead times,
- Simulate the capacity addition,
- Spot the bottlenecks of your lines,
- Calculate the forecast OEE of each workcenter.
Spot the most efficient Lean actions
- automatically generate the target VSM of your line,
- Quantify the forecast profits of your Lean actions (SMED, Quality, Maintenance…),
- Justificate the actions to set with priority.
“The ConWip approach has been applied in the Thales’ workshops within the defense mission systems in a technical repair environment: small flows, high product mix, difficulty to develop versatility, erratic input flows, highly variable routing times…
In this context, Wipsim helped us a lot with the ConWip loops dimensioning, the environment and constraints are such unstable that it certainly was not easy.
Additionally, the WipSim tool’s asset is in its ability to quickly design the behavior of a ConWip working line and do so with sufficient precision and consistency to carry out parametric impact analysis of the line (change of resources, improvement of a routing operation variability, development of the versatility…).”
Translated from French
“The ConWip approach has been applied in the AREVA Saint Marcel site. This site designs and manufactures the heavy equipment for nuclear power plants, namely reactor vessels, steam generators, pressurizers, etc.
The ConWip has been implemented in the welding and prototyping area. This area has several functions : it is the place where the welders do their qualifications, where the operating procedures are validated and where the control samples are manufactured to be tested in the plants.
The Wipsim simulator was necessary for the correct dimensioning of the work in process, and to ensure a risk-free transition between the initial situation and the lines management with the ConWip pull system”
Translated from French
“In the context of a line set-up of the production processes, we have been led to work with the ConWip approach, simple and powerful method to control our work in process and lead times.
The simulation of the line has been done with the WipSim software, which allowed us to confirm our supply dimensioning, but also to easily target the flow bottlenecks and to establish a roadmap of various projects to run onto the line to improve its capacity.”
Translated from French
A workshop-dedicated simulator
Throughtputs improvement
Improve the quantities produced by the workshop by optimizing the bottlenecks
Lead times reduction
Aim toward the ideal work in process rate for a reduced and controled lead time
Batch sizes optimization
Calculate the best batch sizes for your workshop
Gantt design
Display the forecast work orders’ Gantt diagram
OEE Forecast
Determine the target Overall Equipment Effectiveness for each resource
VSM anticipation
Calculate the Value Stream Mapping from your optimization choices
Traveled distance calculation
Evaluate the distance traveled by your pieces according to the chosen setting
Business-oriented solution
Directly use your field expertize in the simulation
Interactive analyze
Immediately get a result report of your simulated actions
Operable in autonomy
- Instantaneously accessible in Saas mode with an Internet browser,
- No need to be an IT or simulation specialist,
- No additional workload for your company’s IT services
Easy to use
- Designed for Lean and flow management specialists,
- Input data imported from any spreadsheet software,
- Simulation reports editable in PDF,
- Online help and support provided by flow management specialists.
The key for a successfull project
- Concrete materials to animate your meetings,
- One tool to put your teams in collaboration and ensure the shift process,
- Objective calculations to convince and validate your projects.
Frequently asked questions about WipSim simulator
In which contexts to use a line simulator?
A workshop simulator allows you to forecast how your line will respond in terms of throughtputs and lead times, from the current resources you have and the articles you need to produce.
You will identify the ideal batch sizes and works in process quantity to launch as a minimum for your more important machines to be efficient.
It will indicate you the forecast overall equipment effectiveness for each resource, as well as the workcenters where you have to increase the load to increase the throughtputs.
You will be able to test improvement scenarios, for example a quick tool shift (SMED) or quality actions, in order to be ensured of their rentability before launching the actions on the field.
How to use the WipSim simulator autonomously?
You only need an access license to the software, and train one or several users. It is an efficient solution if you have several CONWIP actions to implement progressively on your site. It also allows you to regularly recalibrate your lines, forecast their future performances and therefore optimize the production of new pieces or the arrival of new workcenters.
Does the WipSim simulator need a computer download?
The WipSim simulator is accessible in web mode with a browser. It doesn’t need any download on your servers or computers, and no support from your IT services.
this access mode is optimized and flexible, and allows you to have a taylor-made use of WipSim, according to your precise needs.
Which duration for a access license to the WipSim simulator ?
You can choose between 3 months, 6 months licenses or a yearly subscription to the WipSim simulator. You also can take a 3-month license, take a break and then take it up later according to your needs.
Is it necessary to know simulation techniques to use WipSim?
The WipSim simulator has been designed to be directly used by the field experts. There is no need to be a flow simulation or IT specialist to use it.
Directly accessible in Saas mode with a simple Internet browser, it doesn’t generate extra workkoad for your company’s IT services.
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