A simulation is the best way for every level of an enterprise to see how a facility operates. It can help determine where to place equipment, what that equipment's capacity for flow rate could be, and how well the facility meets production demand. It can catch potential problems such as bottlenecks before they delay or derail production. A simulation can also help when designing a brand-new production facility. Firms must choose a fully integrated simulation software package.
Graphics are the key element to simulation software.
They must be interactive, allowing a user to view a facility from multiple angles and distances, and easy to use. Moreover, the graphics must be realistic. That is, they should portray not only the outlay of a facility, but also how different processes and problems will appear and what their consequences will be. If a simulation software package provides each of these elements, its benefits to an enterprise's control logic can be enormous. For a Toledo, Ohio, project, Figg's firm solicited public opinion for the Maumee River Bridge.