Modern manufacturing and logistics companies increasingly use digital models of their facilities to design new production lines, optimise logistics and analyse material flows. The challenge begins when the results need to be presented, understood and discussed by a larger team.
Process models are typically analysed on computer screens. This makes collaboration more difficult, particularly when a meeting involves people responsible for different areas – production, logistics, maintenance, planning or management.
SimuDome takes the model from the computer screen into a shared 360° immersive space.
From a Digital Model to a Shared Workspace
SimuDome allows the entire team to step inside the process visualisation and observe the same model at the same time.
One example of software used for modelling and simulating manufacturing, warehouse and logistics processes is FlexSim. It enables companies to build digital models of factories, production lines and warehouses, analyse the movement of materials, people and vehicles, and test different operational scenarios.
With SimuCore technology, such a model can be transferred into the shared immersive environment of SimuDome. Instead of viewing the simulation on a conventional monitor, the team can analyse it at 360° scale.
The model remains interactive. An operator can navigate through the digital facility, change perspectives, zoom in on specific areas and demonstrate the process while the entire group observes the same changes simultaneously.
See the process from a completely different perspective
Displaying the model in a 360° environment makes it possible to look at the process as one interconnected system.
Teams can more easily analyse:
- material flows between workstations,
- queues and process bottlenecks,
- warehouse space utilisation,
- internal transport and logistics,
- dependencies between different stages of production,
- the impact of proposed changes on the entire process.
Instead of discussing the process through individual screens, charts or presentations, participants can observe and analyse its operation together in a shared space.
Shared analysis instead of another presentation
One of the key advantages of SimuDome is that multiple participants can experience and analyse the same simulation simultaneously.
Production, logistics, maintenance and engineering teams can work together with management, investors or external suppliers while looking at exactly the same model.
SimuDome can therefore support:
- process optimisation workshops,
- new production line design,
- warehouse and factory layout planning,
- “what if?” scenario analysis,
- engineering and decision-making meetings,
- presentation of new investments before implementation.
Extending the capabilities of simulation software
SimuDome does not replace the specialist software engineers use to model and simulate processes.
It extends its capabilities by taking the digital model from an individual computer screen into a shared immersive environment.
SimuDome is designed as a platform that can integrate with different simulation environments and 3D visualisation tools. FlexSim is one example of software whose models can be used within such a workflow.
For process modelling and simulation, SimuDome works with InterMarium experts specialising in FlexSim technology.
Model the process. Run the simulation. Step inside it together with your team.