Arena

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Arena
7.0
Enterprise Simulation Software

• Rienk Bijlsma
• Manager Simulation Operations

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Why Simulation Is Growing

• Assessing ROI is difficult
• All benefits are not always clear and quantified
• Estimating required investments is difficult
• More people reaching management levels are aware
  of the capability of simulation ???
• The world around us is changing faster and
  becoming more challenging
• Available technology and computer speeds are
  advancing rapidly

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Growth Areas For Simulation

• Improving business processes work flow
• Supply chain management
• Customer relationship management
• Infrastructure (traffic and computer networks)
• Decision Support

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Successful Deployment Of Simulation

• Domain expertise
• Insight in decision support methodology
• Build up own expertise or use third party
• Spread use after initial success
• Selection of the right tool or tool set

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Simulation Tool Requirements

• Ease of use
• Multiple application areas
• Required level of detail complexity
• Reuse of generic components
• Fast execution of big models
• Data exchange capabilities
• Animation capabilities
• Experimentation support
• Pre- and post-run analysis capability

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Arena Models All Enterprise Business Processes
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Arena - Product History

• 1982 first PC-based simulation language (SIMAN)
• 1985 first animation for PC-based simulation
  (Cinema)
• 1993 first template-based simulation system
  (Arena 1.0)
• 1995 first Microsoft certified simulation system
  (Arena 2.0)
• 1997 first VBA enabled simulation system (Arena
  3.0) Callim and HiSpeedim released
• 1998 first scaleable simulation system (Arena
  Business Edition - Arena 4.0)
• 2000 first comprehensive enterprise simulation
  system - Arena 5.0
• Arena Basic
• Arena Standard
• Arena Professional
• Arena Contact Center
• Arena Packaging
• 2001 first simulation environment completely
  integrated into MES suite - Arena 6.0 Factory
  Analyzer

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Arena - Unique Competencies

• Natural and Consistent Modeling Methodology
• Flowchart style model building regardless of
  detail or complexity.
• Extendable and Customizable
• Create, re-use, distribute templates tailored
  to your own application
• Scalable Architecture
• Easy enough to suit the needs of the beginner
• Powerful enough to satisfy the demands of the
  most advanced users
• Openness
• Built-in spreadsheet data interface supports
  Access, Excel, etc.
• Leverage enterprise data and create custom
  interfaces with VBA, Microsoft Support
• Complete Simulation Project Support
• Input Data Analysis, Process Documentation,
  Animation, Run Time, Output Analysis, Optimizer
• The Academic Standard
• Taught in most IE schools worldwide
• 2nd Edition of Simulation With Arena (5.0
  Academic Version)

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Arena Basic Edition

• 295 purchase online
• Simple To Learn
• High-level Modeling
• Animation
• Activity-Based Costing
• Built in Spreadsheet
• Crystal Reports
• VBA
• 100 Scalable to Arena Standard Edition

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Arena Standard Edition

• Discrete and Continuous Modeling
• Rates and Levels
• Detailed Modeling Capability
• Access to SIMAN language
• Resource Failures
• Conveyors and Transporters
• Sophisticated Model Control
• Wait Signal
• Scan
• Match
• Queue Search
• Enhanced Animation
• Stations, Routes, etc.

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Arena Contact Center

• Focus on Mixed-Media Contact Centers
• Telephone, Web, Fax
• Strategic Planning
• Expansion, Consolidation, Outsourcing,
  Skill-Based Routing, etc.
• Visualize Call Flows Through ACD
• Includes Arena Standard Edition
• Models All Related Business Processes

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Arena Packaging Edition

• Focus on High Speed High Volume Processes
• Packaging
• Food Beverage
• Pharmaceutical
• Consumer Goods Industries
• Easy to Model Complex Machine Control Logic and
  Sensors
• Includes Arena Standard Edition
• Models All Non-High Speed Processes

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Arena Professional Edition

• Creates Custom Modeling Objects
• Terminology
• Process Logic
• Data
• Performance Metrics
• Animation
• Rapid Model Building
• Minimal Product Training

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OptQuest For Arena

• Licensed from OptTek Solutions (Boulder, CO)
• Blend of Meta-Heuristics
• Advanced Tabu Search
• Scatter Search
• Genetic Algorithm Concepts
• Linear Programming
• Integer Programming
• Neural Networks
• Clever Sampling Techniques
• Aggressively Finds an Optimal Solution

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Process Analyzer

• Combines Scenario Manager and Output Analyzer
• Simultaneously Analyzes Multiple Models
  Scenarios
• Detailed Charts, Plots, Graphs
• Included with All Arena Products
• VBA Support

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Achieve Greater ROI with Arena Professional
Services

• Application Consulting
• Comprehensive Training
• Global Support

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Typical Arena Investment and ROI

• Software Costs 15,000
• Annual Maintenance 2,500
• Training Costs 2,500
• Model Development Costs 20,000
• Total Investment 40,000
• Typical ROI 5 to 20 times investment
• ROI timeframe few weeks to few months

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Latest Features

• Sharing Information in Design Phase
• CAD, Simulation, Control, HMI, Testing
• Arena Factory Analyzer (FA)
• Model a Manufacturing Facility
• Configure Manufacturing Data Warehouse
• Use Life Feed populated in Data Warehouse
• Production Scheduling
• Virtual Enterprise
• Real Time, emulation
• control code generation (ladder logic)
• 3D Animation

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Interested ?

• www.arenasimulation.com
• Monthly Training Courses
• Arena Simulation Books
• Arena textbook by Altiok Melamed (Rutgers) at
  www.simulation-analysis.com
• Simulation with Arena by Kelton, Sadowski
  Sadowski
• Contact us at
• Rockwell Automation
• Rivium 1e straat 23
• 2909 LE Capelle a/d Ijssel
• 31 (0)10 2665452
• Rbijlsma_at_software.rockwell.com