Simulation in Practice - Design & Operation

• Process Scheduling – proving schedules, validating shift patterns and providing detailed planning for future operations
• Capacity Estimation – determining absolute capacity for different facility designs, product mixes and operational scenarios
• De-bottlenecking – reproducing and solving problems experienced on plant
• Facility Design – sizing equipment and formulating operating procedures for new facilities and expansion plans
• Capital Investment – optimising investment in new facilities and upgrades
• Technology Evaluation – analysing the impact of competing technologies
• Managing Uncertainty - modelling random events e.g. equipment breakdown, bioreactor contamination and emergency maintenance

Case Studies

• New Build Large Multinational Biotech – optimised buffer handling systems, allowed client to evaluate labour and shift patterns before start up
• Start Up Large Multinational – Identified optimum way to double production capacity
• Operation Small Biotech – Validated and developed operation staffing and shift patterns for complex process. Identified wastage of critical utilities