Simcad Pro

Simcad Pro simulation software is a product of CreateASoft Inc. used for simulating process-based environments including manufacturing, warehousing, supply lines, logistics, and healthcare. It is a tool used for planning, organizing, optimizing, and engineering real process-based systems. Simcad Pro allows the creation of a virtual computer model, which can be manipulated by the user and represents a real environment. Using the model, it is possible to test for efficiency as well as locate points of improvement among the process flow. Simcad Pro's dynamic computer model also allows for changes to occur while the model is running for a fully realistic simulation. It can also be integrated with live and historical data.

Simulation software is part of a broader category of Industry 4.0 technologies, or technologies that move organizations to digitization of operations.

User Interface
Simcad Pro has a user-friendly graphical user interface for building virtual models of process-based environments, and the entire model can be built and edited without coding, including any advanced model characteristics. In addition to this, Simcad Pro allows for data import from almost any data source, including Microsoft Access, Excel, Visio, and SQL Server databases for easier model creation. Simcad Pro also supports real-time tracking using devices including RFID tags and barcode scanners. Simulations can then be viewed in either 2D or 3D.

Simulation Engine
Simcad Pro uses a patented simulation engine that is 64-bit and fully multi-threaded, distinguishing it from the SIMAN simulation engine used in many competing software products. Models built with the Simcad engine feature patented "On-The-Fly" simulation, meaning that models can be manipulated, edited, and transformed as they are performing a simulation run.

Applied Industries
Any industry engaged in a process-flow environment can use Simcad Pro to model their operations. The main industries where Simcad Pro is used are manufacturing, warehousing, supply chain & logistics, and healthcare.

Manufacturing
Simcad Pro can be used to simulate manufacturing operations, with the most common goals being to:


 * Optimize production schedules
 * Optimize labor allocation
 * Perform capacity analysis and growth projection
 * Manage and reduce WIP
 * Identify bottlenecks and constraints
 * Optimize facility layout

Simcad Pro supports high-mix manufacturing operations with the ability to model:


 * Detailed part routing
 * Multiple sub-assemblies/components and detailed BOM support
 * Tooling and manpower constraints
 * Work orders, detailed cell implementation and sequencing
 * Kanban pull and material handling

Warehousing
Simcad Pro can be used to simulate warehouses and distribution centers, with the most common goals being to:


 * Optimize pick paths
 * Perform congestion analysis
 * Optimize staging areas
 * Analyze receiving and put-away operations
 * Optimize slotting
 * Validate and implement automation
 * Analyze storage media

Supply Chain & Logistics
Simcad Pro can be used to simulate supply chains and logistics operations, with the most common goals being to:


 * Manage inventory and delivery to ensure product availability
 * Determine optimal locations for distribution centers
 * Determine impact of changes to supply and demand
 * Reduce transportation costs
 * Optimize delivery routes
 * Plan capacity and scheduling changes
 * Reduce delivery lead time

Healthcare
Simcad Pro can be used to simulate healthcare operations, such as emergency rooms and operating rooms, with the most common goals being to:


 * Optimize patient flow and reduce patient wait times
 * Optimize bed allocation
 * Analyze length-of-stay
 * Optimize staff utilization and scheduling
 * Optimize ED capacity planning
 * Optimize OR department scheduling & efficiency

== Version History ==

==See also ==
 * List of discrete event simulation software
 * Discrete event simulation
 * List of computer simulation software
 * Simulation in manufacturing systems