Case studies

Built for real industrial challenges.

We work where operations are complex, where every change affects the whole system and every decision impacts the factory.

More than 100 interviews with industry in the TechLaunch programme

Industries we work in

  • Manufacturing

    Production lines, workstations and production planning.

  • Warehousing

    Layout, storage, picking and buffers.

  • Intralogistics

    Fleets, AGVs, material flow and resource allocation.

  • Supply Chain

    Network decisions, inventory and logistics.

Problems we solve

From strategic decisions to daily planning, we explore alternatives before taking them to the shop floor. Every operation is different, but the challenges repeat.

Strategic

Change the structure of the operation in the medium and long term: new layouts, equipment investment and expansions.

01

Layout configuration

Test new arrangements of lines, stations and warehouses before changing the shop floor.

Typical case

Intralogistics
Challenge
Does the new layout fix the bottleneck, or just move it? In an expansion, how should the new machines be arranged?
Approach
We model the current layout and the alternatives from CAD, with stations, queues and material flows, and project the company’s expected growth.
Result
Productivity, utilization, work-in-progress and the bottleneck of each alternative, today and in the future, with the hiring and machine purchasing strategy.
02

Introduction of technology

Assess the impact of new equipment, robots or AGVs before investing.

Typical case

Manufacturing
Challenge
How many AGVs are needed to replace the forklifts, what do they cost and how long until they pay off?
Approach
We model the current fleet and the new technology, with routes, loads and charging times, and identify the layout changes needed to integrate it.
Result
Fleet size, utilization, waiting times and payback estimate, for the current situation and for higher-demand scenarios.

Operational

Fine-tune the operation day to day: production plans, teams, shifts and resource allocation.

03

Resource planning

Size teams, fleets and shifts against variable demand.

Typical case

Warehousing
Challenge
How many operators should be assigned to each task to produce more, and how should they be distributed given each operation’s cycle time?
Approach
We model historical and forecast demand, teams, shifts and the fleet.
Result
Sizing per demand scenario, with service level and cost.
04

Production planning

Compare production plans and sequences with the same criteria.

Typical case

Manufacturing
Challenge
Which production sequence meets deadlines with the fewest changeovers?
Approach
We model setup and production times with statistical distributions, and the buffers. We test changes to production to measure the benefit of each one.
Result
On-time delivery, utilization and work-in-progress for each daily, weekly or monthly plan.

Typical cases from the projects we develop. Results depend on the data and context of each operation.

Want to join our portfolio?

Join the companies already winning with simulation. Get in touch and we will show you what SymHive can do for your operation.

Contact channel coming soon