Warehouse Simulation Software

Simulation, Digital Twin, and AI

Simcad Warehouse Simulation

Create an end-to-end simulation model of the warehouse, from receiving to shipping. Load your SKUs, locations, workers, material handling and watch the model "come to life" in 2D, 3D and VR. Use the model to optimize efficiencies, picking, put-away, replenishment, slotting and storage media.

Use Simcad^® to design a new warehouse, optimize an existing one, or plan for automation and capacity forecast. Connect Simcad^®Warehouse Simulator to existing WMS systems to perform continuous analysis of picking strategies, man-power requirements and wave release schedules. Moreover, Simcad^® ^® enables you to analyze and validate automation rollout, AGV/STV implementation, and ASRS capacity and capabilities.

Reduce Risk by testing warehouse automation and improvements in the digital twin model. Understand system limitations and performance as it relates to Your operation, Your data, and Your warehouse constraints. Data Driven models built in Simcad^® enables you to perform quick changes and run multiple scenario analysis within days.

The built in AI engine learns your data for proper capacity planning and forecasting instead of relaying on statistical distribution.

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Benefits of Warehouse Simulation

Benefits of Warehouse Simulation with Simcad^®

WMS Emulation and Validation
Increase Warehouse Efficiency
Conveyance Design and Optimization
Material Handling Optimization and Fleet Sizing
ASRS, AGV and STV Capacity Planning
Facility Layout & Design
Distribution Center Network Analysis
Congestion Analysis and Reduction
Automation Validation and Design
Human and Automated Equipment Interaction
Capacity Planning & Scheduling

Warehouse simulation can also help in analyzing the impact of future growth on the warehouse and help in identifying potential capacity constraints. Warehouse optimization is easily controlled and What-if analysis can be used to determine potential impact of new flows and equipment on the operation.

Another key aspect that impacts warehouse efficiency is congestion at different location within the environment. Congestion analysis for incoming/outgoing trucks, internal pick sequences, and replenishment schedules can be simulated and optimized to improve efficiency and reduce overall cost of the operation.

Generate Heat Maps, Spaghetti Diagrams, Congestion Maps, and Storage Density Analysis in Seconds

Import your current inventory by SKU and Location
Import or generate pick sequences, put away and replenishment
Let the model run, all maps are generated automatically
Generate and compare time lapse heat maps, congestion maps, and storage density analysis based on different time intervals

Use Simcad® to Optimize Slotting - The most flexible slotting environment

Cubing and Nesting optimization
Import locations, SKUs, and constraints
Applies to new and existing warehouses
Slot based on velocity, congestion, weight, dimensions and more
Prioritize your location by strike zones, preferred pick locations, and elevation constraints
Organize by product type, category or manufacturer
Generate optimized Re-slotting movement sequences and Work Instructions

Distribution Center Simulation & Optimization ROI

Eliminate multiple staging areas, Reduce the time to receive and rack incoming inventory
Improved replenishment schedules to eliminate “wait” on the pick line. Reduce delays in the checking area
Identify required labor requirements and analyze the potential benefits to existing automation technology
Identify, analyze, and mitigate the constraints imposed by potential slotting strategies
Impact on the physical facility: Expand and change the layout. Optimize the layout of a new facility
Identify impact of facility design on overall warehouse efficiency
Minimize travel, conveyor layout, merge optimization

Distribution Center Optimization

With Simcad's ability to dynamically interact with external data, companies have successfully implemented simulation to analyze the location of warehouses and distribution centers with respect to demand. Product allocation is no longer a guessing game, but a simulated science that simplifies one of the most complex problems in this industry.

White Papers & Case Studies

Distribution Center Slotting and Optimization Using Simulation

Efficiency

This case study presents an improved method to optimize the warehouse using an actual outbound dataset that takes into consideration seasonality, SKU slotting, rack types, and pick path. Moreover, the generated simulation model is used for slotting analysis and optimization.

Improving Warehouse Efficiency with Dynamic Simulation & Analysis

Slotting

Tracking and forecasting management within a supply chain often focuses on very complex operations that monitor all processes including: inventory, packaging, picking, replenishment, put-away, shipping and routing operations. Because there are so many different components ...

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Simcad^® Simulation Software Applications by Industry

MANUFACTURING SIMULATION

Manufacturing

WAREHOUSING SIMULATION

Warehouse

AUTOMATION SIMULATION

Automation

LOGISTICS SIMULATION

Logistics

FOOD/BEVERAGE SIMULATION

Food/Beverage

SERVICE SIMULATION

Service

HEALTHCARE SIMULATION

Healthcare

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