Art of Simulation

Fire service to the rescue of our health

Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) across the country want to be considered as an asset to the health of their local population. After hearing the scale of the possibilities they…

Managing Bed Capacity Towards a Solution

Sign up now to watch our on-demand webinar About the Workshop It is estimated that better bed management can save approximately $1.8million a quarter per hospital and give patients better…

Do Self Checkouts Reduce Queue Time?

Most of us have probably seen “Self Checkout Lanes” at supermarkets and some retail stores such as Ikea, Walmart, and Home Depot.  But do they reduce overall queue time? We…

Success Stories at Chrysler

The Chrysler simulation team have been using SIMUL8 for many years to improve throughput, increase revenue and reduce costs. Recently, the Chrysler simulation team wanted to find out what was…

Simulation models: to reuse or not to reuse?

Whether simulation models can be reused for similar problems is a controversial issue in literature. Robinson et al (2004) make the point that anyone reusing a simulation model has to…