Manufacturing lines are queues, changeovers and constraints. Stochastix simulates and optimises production, so you lift throughput, cut work-in-progress and schedule with confidence, often before spending a cent on new capacity.
The constraint moves with product mix and breakdowns. Adding capacity at the wrong station does nothing for throughput.
Setup and changeover time is lost capacity. The right sequence can recover hours a day, the wrong one quietly bleeds them.
Buffers hide problems and tie up cash; too little and variability starves the line. The right levels depend on modelled variability.
New lines and equipment are major commitments. Proving the business case in simulation first de-risks the capital.
Simulation, optimisation and forecasting delivered as scheduling tools and live shop-floor dashboards.
Discrete-event digital twins of lines and whole factories to find the real constraint and test debottlenecking, layout and buffer changes before you invest.
Production schedules and sequencing that respect real constraints and changeovers, deployed as a tool your planners run every shift.
Multi-echelon inventory optimisation and capacity what-if analysis that protect service while freeing up working capital.
Worked examples of how we approach manufacturing problems, and the decision each one informs.
For a line running near capacity, a digital twin often shows a single upstream buffer and one changeover rule are the real limits, at a fraction of the cost of a second line.
A sequencing and scheduling tool groups compatible jobs to slash setup time, balancing on-time delivery against changeover cost every shift.
Multi-echelon inventory optimisation across raw, WIP and finished goods sets buffer levels from modelled demand and supply variability, not rules of thumb.
Tell us about the line, the constraint you suspect and the target. We'll tell you honestly whether a model will help, and how we'd build it.
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