{"id":294,"date":"2014-07-15T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Plant-Simulation-Conference-Achieving-peak-performance\/ba-p\/335249"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:30:38","slug":"plant-simulation-conference-achieving-peak-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/plant-simulation-conference-achieving-peak-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Simulation Conference: Achieving peak performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Tecnomatix-Plant-Simulation.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17913\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Tecnomatix-Plant-Simulation-1024x457.png\" alt=\"Tecnomatix Plant Simulation\" width=\"600\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/>Designing and maintaining optimal efficiency&nbsp;of production operations is a challenge without the ability to accurately predict the real-world performance of manufacturing plans. How to use plant simulation technology to achieve peak production performance was the headline theme during the <STRONG>2014 Plant Simulation Worldwide User Conference<\/STRONG> in Stuttgart, Germany last May.<BR \/><BR \/>The 2014 Plant Simulation Worldwide User Conference&nbsp;was an exhibition of digital manufacturing innovation and knowledge; over 100 attendees representing 37 companies from 17 countries discussed what is possible with the Plant Simulation product in the Tecnomatix portfolio. Plant Simulation helps manufacturers model and simulate production systems in order to optimize flow, resource utilization, logistics, and energy usage.<BR \/><BR \/>Leading&nbsp;companies shared how to boost profitability by gaining the right insight to pinpoint and eliminate costly inefficiencies from existing operations &#8211; as well as predict and optimize the performance of new process designs \u2013 with the Plant Simulation.<BR \/><BR \/>These are some of the many achievements that were shared:<BR \/><TABLE><BR \/><TBODY><BR \/><TR><BR \/><TD><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Maurice-Schrooten.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17847\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Maurice-Schrooten.jpg\" alt=\"Maurice Schrooten\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/A><\/TD><BR \/><TD><STRONG>Maurice Schrooten of ASML<\/STRONG><BR \/>Plant Simulation predicted throughput and optimized production sequences.<BR \/>* 40% increase in throughput per square meter<BR \/>* Lowered production costs<BR \/>* Decreased process variation<\/TD><BR \/><\/TR><BR \/><TR><BR \/><TD><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Jacob-Ruda.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17846\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Jacob-Ruda.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob Ruda\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/A><\/TD><BR \/><TD><STRONG>Jacob Ruda of Volvo Cars<\/STRONG><BR \/>Simultaneous Engineering (SE) enabled&nbsp;manufacturing to influence the design such that the product is producible within cost targets.<\/TD><BR \/><\/TR><BR \/><TR><BR \/><TD><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Tiago-Vacaro.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17848\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Tiago-Vacaro.jpg\" alt=\"Tiago Vacaro\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/A><\/TD><BR \/><TD><STRONG>Tiago Vacaro of Endusol Eisennman<\/STRONG><BR \/>Plant Simulation increased confidence in decision making for production.<BR \/>* Improved production flow<BR \/>* 64% savings in resources required<BR \/>* Reduced capital investment<\/TD><BR \/><\/TR><BR \/><TR><BR \/><TD><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Dirk-Steinhauer.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17845\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2014\/07\/Dirk-Steinhauer.jpg\" alt=\"Dirk Steinhauer\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/A><\/TD><BR \/><TD><STRONG>Dirk Steinhauer of Flensburger Shipyard<\/STRONG><BR \/>Plant Simulation enabled early validation and improvement of plans for complex projects.<BR \/>* Early validation and improvement of program plans<BR \/>* Improved responsiveness to unanticipated project disturbances<\/TD><BR \/><\/TR><BR \/><\/TBODY><BR \/><\/TABLE><BR \/>There were over 20 presentations and a plant tour hosted by Daimler AG. If you weren\u2019t able to attend the event, the sessions with links below include short video summaries. The other sessions with links include presentation slides.<BR \/><BR \/><STRONG>Customer Presentations<\/STRONG><BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI>Simultaneous Engineering in the Design of Volvo Cars<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Analysis of a Painting Facility for Truck Frames using Plant Simulation<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Shipyards: STS \u2013 One-off Processes and Site Production Made Simple<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Real Factory Hand-in-Hand with its Simulation Model<\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/><BR \/><STRONG>Partner Presentations<\/STRONG><BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI>Process Line and Cost Simulation for Semi-conductor Equipment<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Virtual Commissioning with Plant Simulation \u2013 Different Applications and Interfaces<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Visual Material Flow Programming Embedded into Plant Simulation<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Optimization in the Automotive Industry<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Plant Simulation user Libraries for Plant Internal Logistics<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-Knowledge-Base\/SimChain-Supply-Chain-Simulation-on-the-Web\/ta-p\/33820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Supply Chain Simulation on the Web<\/A><\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Optimized Buffer Dimensioning for Complex Models at Ford-Sollers; Russia<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Accelerate your Simulations with In-memory Databases<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-Knowledge-Base\/Assembly-process-planning-of-low-volume-assembly-operations\/ta-p\/33824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Assembly Process Planning of Low-volume Operations using SAPPHIRE<\/A><\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-Knowledge-Base\/Warehouse-and-Logistics-library-from-Cards-PLM-Solutions\/ta-p\/33834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Plant Simulation for Warehouses and Logistics<\/A><\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/><STRONG>Siemens Presentations<\/STRONG><BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-Knowledge-Base\/Plant-Simulation-V11-New-Features-and-Enhancements\/ta-p\/33818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Georg Piepenbrock Talking about What\u2019s New in Plant Simulation<\/A><\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Making the Vision Real Through Innovation<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Tecnomatix Plant Simulation \u2013 The Digital Factory<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Value Stream Analyses in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Plant Simulation 3D Tutorial<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Teamcenter Access from Tecnomatix Plant Simulation<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Modeling System Components with Unforeseeable Behavior<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Plant Simulation Energy<\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/><BR \/>Thank you to the dedication of our customers, partners, and Siemens PLM for sharing their innovative solutions to today\u2019s real-world manufacturing problems \u2013 everyone\u2019s willingness to share practical know-how helped make this event a success.You can find even more detailed coverage of the event in Mike Rouman\u2019s blog post, <a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-News\/Did-you-miss-the-Plant-Simulation-Worldwide-User-Conference\/ba-p\/33502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Did you miss the Plant Simulation Worldwide User Conference?<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designing and maintaining optimal efficiency&nbsp;of production operations is a challenge without the ability to accurately predict the real-world performance of manufacturing plans. 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