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What is Plant Simulation

What Tecnomatix Plant Simulation does: discrete-event simulation of material flow, logistics and staffing to improve throughput in a factory digital twin.

  • 5 min read
  • Tecnomatix
  • Plant Simulation
  • Digital twin
  • Manufacturing

What is Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation is a discrete‑event simulation tool used to model and analyze material flow, operations, staffing, and logistics in any production environment. It’s widely used across almost all industries.

Plant Simulation addresses material‑flow and throughput validation, evaluation of control and layout alternatives, optimization of logistics and handling, visualization of production KPIs, and the sizing of capacities such as machines, buffers, and AGVs.

What is Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

Plant Simulation Results

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation helps identify and remove issues before costly ramp‑up corrections, reduce production‑line investment without risking output, and boost existing system performance through pre‑validated simulation measures.

Plant Simulation Results
Plant Simulation Results, picture 2

Principles of Discrete Event Simulation

Principles of Discrete Event Simulation

Digital Twin Factory Model in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

Digital Twin Factory Model in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

Simulation Details in a Digital Twin Factory Model

Simulation Details in a Digital Twin Factory Model

What makes a Digital Twin on Factory Level?

Plant Simulation models key production aspects such as shop‑floor layouts (machines, conveyors, buffers), real‑world processing times and availability, material logistics and storage, shift and staffing systems, production orders and schedules, plant‑control behavior, and energy consumption.

PLANT PERFORMANCE
Plant Simulation enables users to evaluate and optimize the digital twin, obtain KPI and throughput results, and access detailed statistics and parameters.

What makes a Digital Twin on Factory Level?

A typical Plant Simulation Example:Storage, Transportation, Personnel, Product Variants, Everything connected as in real Life

If production throughput is low, the question becomes whether investing in a faster HBW, a faster monorail system, or both is the best way to remove the bottleneck.

A typical Plant Simulation example

Simulation Result: Better Throughput by improved Intra Logistic and Transportation

The material‑handling system is the bottleneck and is limiting overall performance.

Simulation Result: Better Throughput by improved Intra Logistic and Transportation

Typical questions where simulation helps to find a good result

Typical questions where simulation helps to find a good result

KPI Reviews and Statistics Graphs

KPI Reviews and Statistics Graphs

Solution Summary

Plant Simulation is a powerful tool for building digital‑twin models of manufacturing systems, representing resources, logistics, staffing, and shifts to visualize material flow, utilization, and KPIs, while enabling system optimization and data‑driven decision‑making based on realistic, simulated performance.

Solution Summary

Author: NomuTech

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