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Flexsim Community

Jun 15th, 2008 | By KennyMacleod | Category: Flexsim, News

Flexsim has a strong community and tradition of helping each other. The Flexsim Forum is where users discuss the software and modelling issues; you can also download lots of models and objects.

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Case Study – Medical Device/Healthcare Simulation

Jun 5th, 2008 | By KennyMacleod | Category: Flexsim, Healthcare, Process Improvement

The Problem
As the average age of the United State population gets older, certain cancer screening test have become more common. As a result, the need to increase capacity to service more patients each day has become a primary concern. The current testing procedure uses a diagnostic device that is expensive and requires extensive [...]

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Case Study – Capacity Planning

Jun 3rd, 2008 | By KennyMacleod | Category: Planning, SIMUL8

Mueller Industries produces nonferrous containment or directional products for substances that flow. With a total of 15 manufacturing sites and 24 plants around the world, Mueller is the largest international manufacturer of copper tubing. The company currently employees over 3000 people and generates annual revenues of $1.3 billion.
The Challenge
Mueller Casting Company, which casts the [...]

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Case Study – Robot Assembly Line

Jun 2nd, 2008 | By KennyMacleod | Category: Process Improvement, SIMUL8

CHEP is the world’s leading pallet and container pooling company. CHEP, part of the $11 billion Brambles Group, operates in 38 countries across 6 continents, providing equipment pooling services to many industries.
The Challenge
Pallet and container pooling is the shared use of high quality pallets and containers by multiple customers or users. CHEP maintains their [...]

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TMN – Flexsim Distributors in Australia & NZ

Jun 1st, 2008 | By KennyMacleod | Category: Flexsim, News

We are delighted to announce that TMN Simulation has been approved as distributers for Flexsim in Australia and New Zealand.
This means Flexsim users can now get onsite training and support along with remote support from people in their own time zone. Of course our efforts are still backed by Flexsim in Utah, so even the [...]

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