Case Studies

The Continuous Improvement team at a major aluminum producer in North America investigated the potential for reducing work-in-progress inventory levels across the supply chain through the introduction of Lean manufacturing techniques. They determined that...

Moen’s Sanford, North Carolina facility was in the process of enhancing their SAP implementation and as part of this plant-wide effort, they wanted to address their plating lines, which they suspected could be running more efficiently. Scheduling the...

Linamar is a leading manufacturer of components and systems for the automotive industry and mobile industrial markets. They were designing a new Power train plant that would build to a broadcast. They wanted to evaluate the capability of different line configurations...

The Kroger Company operates a large number of dairy production facilities across the United States. In order to meet growing customer demand, The Kroger Co. needed to identify inefficiencies and potential process improvements across its Dairies. They were...

In order to determine operational best practices for inventory management and lot sizes to maximize service levels to their customer, Husky Factory Planning approached Visual8 Corp. to develop a simulation model of its SP Berner’s plant in Valencia, Spain....

With volumes of both inbound and outbound containers soon to surpass a facility’s capacity, the terminal design group of Canadian Pacific Railway required an Intermodal Facility Simulation to help determine an economical solution. One option would be for...

As one of the leading suppliers of vehicle impact systems for North America, AGS Automotive Systems has six plants throughout Canada and the United States.The Stoney Creek facility assembles the GMT-900 model front bumper for the Chevrolet Silverado Light...

Analyze New Plant Layout to Ensure Sufficient Capacity. Cadbury Adams wanted to analyze the revised process-flow layout and its effect on current production volumes within the space limitations of the plant. In response to the planned production volumes,...