Arena Simulation Software has a proven track record of enabling companies to model and evaluate virtually every aspect of their logistics network. Arena’s flowchart modeling methodology makes it easy to define and communicate the intricacies of complex logistics.
Arena’s wide-ranging capabilities make it a great solution for logistics optimization.
Logistics touches every part of an enterprise and even goes beyond to include suppliers, carriers and customers. Needless to say, logistics is complicated with many interdependent components. This high degree of complexity is difficult to manage without the use of models that accurately represent the processes and their interactions.
Logistics optimization helps you determine how different factors affect your logistics processes and the transitions between these activities, so you can reduce cost and improve throughput. For example:
Effective optimization requires simulation, and that’s where Arena can help.
Whether you are still trying to determine the location and size of your warehouse, or you need to improve efficiencies and reduce costs at your existing facility, simulation can help.
Warehouse simulation is a computer-based model of warehouse operations and workflows that can be used to validate, test and improve the performance of your warehouses. Simulations in the virtual world can be used to predict and improve actual performance quickly, cheaply and with lower risk than tests in the real-world. These models enable companies to test the impact of “what if” adjustments prior to selecting or changing any of the following:
Arena warehouse simulation software is the comprehensive tool to evaluate your warehouse. Not only can you simulate multiple variations within specific processes to determine if equipment or labor are causing the bottleneck, you can also test how efficiencies break down when different processes like picking and palletizing interact.
With no programming experience, you can drag and drop modules into your simulation to model your warehouse, and use Arena’s 2D or 3D visualization tools to view your changes. Models can be run multiple times with different variables to provide information on how to improve processes.
