Simulation Software Survey
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| Software | Vendor | Typical Applications of the software | Primary Markets for which the software is applied |
| aGPSS | Beliber AB | General purpose discrete events simulation of situations with uncertainty, requiring many runs | Education, esp. students of business, logistics, supply chain systems |
| Analytica 4.4 | Lumina Decision Systems | Investment,risk,decision,portfolio network flow analysis,systems dynamics,resource,R&D planning,organization simulation | Business, financial, public policy, energy, environmental, healthcare, defense, manufacturing, education, telecommunication |
| Arena Simulation Software | Rockwell Automation | purpose DES software tool. Any process you can describe can be modeled in Arena. | Manufacturing, 6-Sigma, Packaging, Supply Chain, Airports, Healthcare, Military/Defense, Service, Call Centers, Mining, Ports |
| Bluesss Simulation System | Stanislaw Raczynski | General purpose simulation system, C++ related | Education, engineering |
| Capacity Planning Simulator | ProModel Corporation | Manufacturing, Warehouse, Distribution Center, Logisitcs, Supply Chain Capacity Planning | Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain |
| CSIM 20 | Mesquite Software | creating simulation models of systems | computer and communications systems, education, systems research |
| Enrmgmsuite | Techno Software International | Increase Energy efficiency of system , subsystem, components. | All energy consuming industries (Process / Power / Pharmaceutical /Paper / Steel ...) |
| Enterprise Dynamics | INCONTROL Simulation Solutions | Enterprise Resource Simulation Platform for process improvement, capacity investigations and investment evaluations | Manufacturing, Airlines & Airports, Railway, Road Transport, Logistics, Material Handling, Crowd Management |
| Enterprise Dynamics Airport | INCONTROL Simulation Solutions | Simulation software solution for airport design & operations. | Total Airport Simulator for Baggage Handling, Terminal Operations, Ground Handling, and Gate Capacity, |
| Enterprise Dynamics Logistics | INCONTROL Simulation Solutions | Simulation software for production, logistics, material handling, and automation design and process improvement. | Manufacturing, Logistics, Material Handling, Warehousing |
| Enterprise Dynamics Plato | INCONTROL Simulation Solutions | Simulation software for pedestrian flows, crowd management, evacuation scenarios, and safety and security of infrastructures | Sports arenas, exhibitions halls, shopping centers, airport terminals, train stations, amusement parks |
| Enterprise Portfolio Simulator (EPS) | ProModel Corporation | Web-based simulation analysis of multiple, simultaneous project/product plans across one or more portfolios of projects | Project & Portfolio Planning;Strategic Resource Capacity Planning;Product Development, R&D;Project Selection & Prioritization |
| ExpertFit | Averill M. Law & Associates | Fitting probability distributions to a data set | manufacturing, defense, transportation. healthcare, communications networks |
| ExtendSim AT | Imagine That Inc. | Simplifies the modeling and analysis of complex systems; plus simulates rate-based flows, batch processes, and bulk systems. | Industries operating in high-speed/high-volume or mixed-mode environments: eg. packaging line, chemical process, distribution |
| ExtendSim OR | Imagine That Inc. | Message-based discrete event architecture to model processes involving physical or logical objects moving through systems. | Manufacturing and business modeling; healthcare, supply chain, six sigma, transportation, communication, logistics, etc. |
| ExtendSim Suite | Imagine That Inc. | When impressive presentations count. Professional 3D modeling of continuous, discrete event, and discrete rate processes. | Management presentations, traffic and transportation systems, emergency rooms, production lines, customer flow, etc. |
| Flexsim | Flexsim Software Products, Inc. | Manufacturing, warehousing, packaging, supplychain, process, logistics | Any industry that needs to improve a process |
| Flexsim HC | Flexsim Software Products, Inc. | Healthcare systems management, planning and analysis from simple patient flow assessment to large scale hospital projects | Hospitals, Healthcare and Provider Networks, Stand-alone Clinics, Architectural Firms, Local and National Disaster Planners |
| Fluid Flow Simulator | Stanislaw Raczynski | Computational Fluid Dynamics, shock waves | Education, engineering |
| ForeTell-DSS | DecisionPath, Inc. | support critical decisions such as risk-based resource allocation, change mgmt, competitive mktg strategy | Government, life sciences, financial services |
| GoldSim | GoldSim Technology Group | engineering risk analysis, strategic planning, system design and reliability, water resource management, waste management | environmental engineering, mining, water resources, energy, nuclear, waste management |
| Integrated Performance Modelling Environment (IPME) | Alion Science & Technology MA&D Operation | Human performance modeling and manning studies | US and International commercial and military |
| LABAMS (ENGLISH) LABSAG (SPANISH) | LABAMS | Simulations modeled on ten enterprises: Finance, Production, B2B Marketing, Logistics, Hospitals, Hotels, Mines, Assembly | Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business administration,management, industrial engin. accounting, economics |
| MAST | CMS Research Inc | Design and opeation of manufacturing cells, robot cells, and flexible machine systems | Manufacturing |
| MedModel Optimization Suite | ProModel Corporation | Design, plan, evaluate and improve processes of hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare systems to optmize performance | Hospitals, Clinics, Healthcare Systems, Medical Device Manufacturing and Sales |
| Micro Saint Sharp | Alion Science and Technology | General purpose-Process improvement/optimization, cost justification, lean implementations, human/system performance. | Healthcare, Human Performance, Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Defense, Marketing, Finance, Energy, Education, Transportation |
| Oracle Crystal Ball Suite | Oracle Americas Inc. | Risk analysis with Monte Carlo simulation, simulation optimization and time series forecasting | Risk and predictive analysis in different verticals including manufacturing, supply chain, education, legal, healthcare etc. |
| Patient Flow Simulator | ProModel Corporation | Strategic High Level Patient Flow and Bed Management | Healthcare |
| Portfolio Simulator | ProModel Corporation | Simulation and optimization analysis of multiple,simultaneous project/product plans across one or more portfolios of projects | Project & Portfolio Planning;Strategic Resource Capacity Planning;Product Development;R&D;Project Selection & Prioritization |
| Process Simulator | ProModel Corporaton | Lean, SixSigma, value stream mapping, process mapping, flow chart simulation, continuous process improvement | All |
| Project Simulator | ProModel Corporation | Enables project managers to more accurately predict outcomes of their project plans | Anyone who uses Microsoft Project |
| ProModel Optimization Suite | ProModel Corporaton | Lean, SixSigma, capacity planning, cost analysis, process modeling, cycle time reduction, throughput optimization and more | Manufacturing and logistics, pharmaceutical, defense |
| Proof 3D | Wolverine Software | 3D animation "back end" for discrete-event simulation applications | General-purpose |
| Proof 5 (2D Animation) | Wolverine Software | 2D animation back-end for use with discrete-event simulation software | General-purpose |
| QMS (Quantitatve Methods for Management) | QuantMethods | Supplement for college coursework | Queuing and Inventory |
| SAIL | CMS Research Inc | Schedule generation and download for flexible machine cells and robot cells | Manufacturing |
| SAS Simulation Studio | SAS | Discrete-event sim: Capacity planning, resource mgmt, inventory/manufacturing, maintenance, supply chains, call centers, more | Banking, pharmaceutical, healthcare, government agencies, aerospace, retail, transportation, telecommunications, insurance |
| ServiceModel Optimization Suite | ProModel Corporation | Design, plan, evaluate and improve service industry systems such as Financial Services, Logistics, Business Re-Engineering | Financial Services, Logistics, Transportation, Food & Hotel Services, Entertainment, and Other Service Industries |
| ShowFlow | Webb Systems Limited | Manufacturing and logistics modelling | Manufacturing and logistics |
| Simcad Pro | CreateASoft, Inc. | Discrete and continuous flow analysis, layout optimization, capacity analysis, bottleneck detection, scheduling,lean analysis | Healthcare, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, labs, pharmaceutical, automation, robotics,service |
| SimcadOnline | CreateASoft, Inc. | Web enabled simulation environment | Healthcare, manufacturing, sarehousing, logistics, labs, pharmaceutical, automation, robotics, service |
| Simio Express Edition | Simio LLC | Risk and ROI analysis, process optimization, capacity planning by rapid modeling in 3D standard objects with no coding | Aerospace, Defense, Mining, Health Care, Engineering, Airport Security, Transportation Logistics, Electronics, Automotive |
| Simio Design/Team Edition | Simio LLC | Risk and ROI analysis, process optimization, capacity planning by rapid modeling in 3D standard objects with no coding | Aerospace, Defense, Mining, Health Care, Engineering, Airport Security, Transportation Logistics, Electronics, Automotive |
| Simio Scheduling / Risk Analysis | Simio LLC | Lower delivery schedule risk and cost. Factor supply chain and process variation in planning for early problem detection. | Aerospace, Defense, Mining, Health Care, Engineering, Airport Security, Transportation Logistics, Electronics, Automotive |
| SIMPROCESS | CACI | Business Process Improvement, Process Management, Predictive Analytics, Decision Support Applications | Health Care, Call Centers, Supply Chains, Manpower for Government, Commercial, and Education |
| SIMSCRIPT III | CACI | Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation, performance analysis and optimization in: Military, C4ISR systems, War-gaming, Intera | National Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Federal Aviation, Aero Transportation, Telecommunications, Aero Space, Manufacturin |
| SimTrack Real time visibility and analysis | CreateASoft, Inc. | Real time visibility, forecasting, replay with analysis, alerts notifications, web dashboards | Healthcare, manufacturing, sarehousing, logistics, labs, pharmaceutical, automation, robotics, service |
| SIMUL8 Professional | SIMUL8 Corporation | Optimize throughput, maximize resource utilization, identify bottlenecks, reduced risk decisions, business process management | Business processes: call center, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, healthcare, financial, education |
| SIMUL8 Standard | SIMUL8 Corporation | Optimize throughput, maximize resource utilization, identify bottlenecks, reduced risk decisions, business process management | Business processes: call center, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, healthcare, financial, education |
| SIMUL8 Web | SIMUL8 Corporation | Optimize throughput, maximize resource utilization, identify bottlenecks, reduced risk decisions, business process management | Business processes: call center, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, healthcare, financial, education |
| SLIM | MJC2 | Strategic logistics modelling and network simulation. | Logistics, manufacturing, supply chain |
| SLX | Wolverine Software | Large, unique, high-end applications for which there is no off-the-shelf software. | High-end applications requiring end-user customization. |
| Vanguard Business Analytics Suite | Vanguard Software | Strategic Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Cost Modeling, R&D Pipeline Modeling, Portfolio Analysis, Risk Analysis | All |
| Vanguard System | Vanguard Software | Strategic Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Cost Modeling, R&D Pipeline Modeling, Portfolio Analysis, Risk Analysis | All |
| Vector Economics Platform | Vector Economics Inc. | Networking Simulation Applications through use of the DIST standard data type | All Simulation Environments |
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