A system for adjusting industrial vehicle performance, the system comprising: a processing engine comprising a processor coupled to memory, where the processor executes program code stored in memory that instructs the processor to: receive kinematic functions that characterize kinematic capabilities of an industrial vehicle; receive one or more constraints of an environment in which the industrial vehicle operates; compute a combined cutback curve for a parameter of a select kinematic function of the industrial vehicle, wherein the processor computes the combined cutback curve by executing program code to: obtain a first cutback curve characterising speed versus fork height of the industrial vehicle during braking; obtain a second cutback curve characterising speed versus fork height of the industrial vehicle during normal, unconstrained operation; and compute the combined cutback curve by selecting a minimum of the first cutback curve and the second cutback curve at points along a common coordinate axis of the first and second cutback curves; generate a kinematic model of the industrial vehicle that models the movement of the industrial vehicle based on the kinematic functions, the constraints of the environment, and the combined cutback curve; define a workflow model by defining tasks of the industrial vehicle within the environment, wherein the tasks are based upon the kinematic model; receive a job specification that characterizes a job associated with the defined workflow model; perform a simulation based on the kinematic model by applying the kinematic model to the workflow model based upon the job specification to evaluate industrial vehicle performance and determine results; collect actual vehicle data of the actual job of a select industrial vehicle; compare the actual vehicle data to the simulation results; use the comparison as a diagnostic tool to modify tuning parameters of the industrial vehicle; and perform a predetermined action based on the results by loading control data into an information linking device of the industrial vehicle based upon the predetermined action to reconfigure the industrial vehicle based on the modified tuning parameters. receive kinematic functions that characterize kinematic capabilities of an industrial vehicle; receive one or more constraints of an environment in which the industrial vehicle operates; compute a combined cutback curve for a parameter of a select kinematic function of the industrial vehicle, wherein the processor computes the combined cutback curve by executing program code to: obtain a first cutback curve characterising speed versus fork height of the industrial vehicle during braking; obtain a second cutback curve characterising speed versus fork height of the industrial vehicle during normal, unconstrained operation; and compute the combined cutback curve by selecting a minimum of the first cutback curve and the second cutback curve at points along a common coordinate axis of the first and second cutback curves; obtain a first cutback curve characterising speed versus fork height of the industrial vehicle during braking; obtain a second cutback curve characterising speed versus fork height of the industrial vehicle during normal, unconstrained operation; and compute the combined cutback curve by selecting a minimum of the first cutback curve and the second cutback curve at points along a common coordinate axis of the first and second cutback curves; generate a kinematic model of the industrial vehicle that models the movement of the industrial vehicle based on the kinematic functions, the constraints of the environment, and the combined cutback curve; define a workflow model by defining tasks of the industrial vehicle within the environment, wherein the tasks are based upon the kinematic model; receive a job specification that characterizes a job associated with the defined workflow model; perform a simulation based on the kinematic model by applying the kinematic model to the workflow model based upon the job specification to evaluate industrial vehicle performance and determine results; collect actual vehicle data of the actual job of a select industrial vehicle; compare the actual vehicle data to the simulation results; use the comparison as a diagnostic tool to modify tuning parameters of the industrial vehicle; and perform a predetermined action based on the results by loading control data into an information linking device of the industrial vehicle based upon the predetermined action to reconfigure the industrial vehicle based on the modified tuning parameters.