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<\/span>The attendees were treated to presentations delivered by expert users, partners, and the Siemens Plant Simulation software development team. The user meeting gave our customers the opportunity to learn more about the latest features in Plant Simulation and the roadmap for current and future versions.Several customers also shared their unique business case stories about how Plant Simulation has been used to grow their businesses and how others can leverage those techniques. <\/P>\n
First and foremost, as mentioned above, the<\/EM> highlight of the conference were the users\u2019 presentations. We will list the titles below, in order of presentation, just to impress upon you the depth and breadth of the topics:<\/P><\/p>\n Ryan Pritchett, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA US LLC):<\/P> Modeling Rejects in Closed Loop Manufacturing Lines for Plant Simulation<\/P><\/p>\n Curtis Desaele, Geometric Solutions:<\/P> Improving Food Packaging and Automotive Parts Warehousing<\/P><\/p>\n Carlos Ortega, Eng USA:<\/P> Optimizing Oil Rig Allocations around the World Using Genetic Algorithms<\/P><\/p>\n Attila Lengyel, Western Digital Corporation:<\/P> Automated Modeling and Simulation of Wafer FABs using Plant Simulation<\/P><\/p>\n Auke Nieuwenhuis MSc., cards PLM Solutions:<\/P> The butterfly effect in Material handling<\/P><\/p>\n Robert Van Til, Ph.D., Oakland University:<\/P> How Oakland University Prepares Engineers for Industry 4.0 Using Plant Simulation<\/P><\/p>\n Brian Barr & Michael Swenson, Design Systems, Inc.:<\/P> Simulation to Virtual Commissioning<\/P><\/p>\n What was even more exciting to watch, were the live discussions, Q&A, and interactions among the users themselves each of those presentations prompted. Discussions and networking ensued during breaks, lunches and over dinner at the beautiful Bahama Breeze restaurant.<\/P><\/p>\n To top it off, our Worldwide Plant Simulation Guru, Matthias Heinicke, delivered hours of live demonstrations, interacting with the users, exchanging ideas how to model this or that, and in general, just have fun. Those who were still up to it after the morning and afternoon sessions, took a hands on training class with Matthias in our training room.<\/P><\/p>\n No highlights would be complete without thanking our event staff who worked hard on every little detail, behind the scenes, and up front, before, during and after the event, Trevor Bengtsson and Maria Mack. Mike Rouman provided guidance and advice.<\/P><\/p>\n We would like to thank all of this year\u2019s attendees and guest speakers. It was our pleasure to host this important event to help you maximize your knowledge and experience with our software and help to expand your network of Plant Simulation experts.<\/P><\/p>\n
Here are some of the highlights of the user conference<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
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<\/span>From the Siemens side, Doug Fish kicked off the event with his keynote: \u2018Simulation \u2013 The Key to Realizing the Digital Enterprise,\u2019 which set the tone for the remainder of the event. We demonstrated advanced technologies such as Virtual Commissioning, and Point Cloud, and Ryan Diehl set up a station were users experienced Virtual Reality with Plant Simulation. <\/P><\/p>\n