Factory Simulation
9 factory simulation articles on the Voltrus blog.
From MES Data to Digital Twin: Simulating What-If Scenarios Before They Cost Money
A digital twin is only as honest as its data: how MES records feed the model, how to calibrate and validate to ±5%, and four what-if scenarios to run before signing a purchase order.
Read articleBottleneck Analysis in Production Lines: Find and Fix the Constraint
Why one station sets your throughput and every other improvement is inventory. Finding the constraint from data, Goldratt’s five focusing steps on real numbers, and what to do when the bottleneck moves.
Read article5S in the Digital Factory: How Scoring Workplace Organization Improves Flow
A 25-point 5S scoring rubric you can copy, the search-time math that ties scores to station capacity, and why programs die at Standardize and Sustain — plus a free sim to practice the audit loop.
Read articleLine Balancing with Takt Time: Find the Operator Count Your Line Actually Needs
The takt time formula, a worked four-station balancing example, theoretical minimum stations, the operator sweep that sizes the crew, and why simulation beats paper averages.
Read articleThe 7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing (With Examples You Can Simulate)
The 7 wastes explained with floor examples and cost math you can reproduce: why overproduction pays for the others, how Little’s Law turns WIP into feedback time, and an afternoon waste-scan checklist.
Read articleFactory Layout Software: Simulate the Line Before You Move a Single Machine
What factory layout software should actually do: model the plant in 3D, run a deterministic production flow simulation, and forecast per-chain throughput and bottleneck location before a single machine is moved.
Read articleTeaching Lean Manufacturing with a 5S Factory Simulator
A lean manufacturing simulator makes 5S auditable on a virtual floor: live 5S scoring with a worker-speed bonus, muda tracking that prices the 7 wastes as they happen, and deterministic runs that make cohorts comparable.
Read articleConveyor vs AGV: Choosing Material Transport with a Discrete-Event Factory Sim
Conveyor systems design vs AGV fleets vs manual transport: the trade-offs that decide it, and how AGV simulation in a deterministic discrete-event sim puts the investment comparison side by side before you spend anything.
Read articleFactory Layout Simulation: Why Your Production Line Design Is Costing You Throughput
Distance is a per-unit tax most plants never price. Worked four-station rebuild: how 32 seconds of transport and 3 seconds of balance turned 267 units per shift into 391 — and how to test a redesign before moving a machine.
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