Simio

Makes Simulation fun and easy

Comments: Simio is an extremely powerful tool and it really makes one's life so much easier for simulations. Simio also does have a workbook that has lot of exercises that one can go through and learn a lot about the software. Once one has their head grasped around the concept, this software can save time, money, effort and provide accuracy.

Pros:

I absolutely love using Simio. It is such a powerful tool and it makes sense why the premium paid version is so expensive. However the biggest pro I see is that there is a free version that can be used which can help one understand the world of simulation. Simio has everything one needs to perform the complicated simulation process that otherwise would require us to write 100s of lines of code and make debugging difficult and daunting. I have been using Simio to do various distribution simulations such as uniform, exponential, triangular and so on and I don;t have to think how to do random number generation. Simio has so much more tool such as I love the reliability function where i can define what are likelihood of a machine failing and how much it would affect my throughput and productivity due to the varying repair times. The best part of Simio is that you can see the live simulation of your system in real time. Create a simulation for a M/M/1 queuing system to replicate a ice-cream store and watch how your customers arrival and service times affects your business. Fun part of simio is one can actually assing model entities with actual people and replace boxes with actual images which makes the presentation part of your system more engaging with the team. if you are a simulation guy/girl/business this software has everything one needs to validate, verify the architecture and answer questions that is not possible to be solved analytically.

Cons:

It is lot of work to learn this software and there are not much resources online readily available. Most resources are integrated to Simio and so looking at videos provided by Simio and reading the help section is the way to go. The free software however cannot simulate really huge simulation system and at that point one needs to purchase the paid version. getting around the software is daunting and there are lot of aspects one needs to know to figure out how to create their system.

User friendly and great support

Comments: I learned on Arena in school but have been using Simio for 4-5 years now in a professional setting and it has been great.

Pros:

Simio has been easy to learn and allows great flexibility and power for modeling different scenarios. Additionally, the company has been great to work with and the staff is very knowledgeable, friendly and accessible. You can tell they have a great company culture.

Cons:

On bigger models it can run a little slow, but this is probably mainly a hardware issue or a lack of modeling efficiency on my end.

Simio a world of possibilities

Comments: the software provides a wide range of possibilities to simulate and test known and unknown systems for better preparedness in their implementation.

Pros:

ease of use availability of student version and research version

Cons:

none

Simulation using Simio

Comments: My overall experience with Simio was fantastic. I could build my model, do experiments to test it and conduct analysis to identify any best operating model that satisfies my design specs.

Pros:

I can build a simple model as early as possible and visualize how it will operate from entity arrivals into the system to the exit point. After evaluating my model from visualization, I can modify it as I go to add additional complex modes of operation. I like that I can see the movement of entities and the structure layout of the simio object library. It's simple to drag and drop the objects and model as you go.

Cons:

One limit I did not like about simio or perhaps I am not sure how to implement such operation in Simio, is the lack of a feature to scan in real-time whether the traveling path is occupied and if so, I would have to pause the up coming entities from transferring to path until the path is free.

Excellent software for handling complex simulations.

Pros:

Simio software consists of standardized library. In order to focus on the visuals and to forget the analysis, this software is really easy for creating simulation models. It is no doubt the superb choice for business. It is quite easy to learn while other simulation software are quite difficult to learn comparatively. Its functionalities are really awesome with less time consuming. No doubt best ever simulation software. Matchless software with fantastic 3D animations.

Cons:

There are not any specific cons about this software. Simulation is mostly written in graphical programming language which is no doubt easy for small and quick designs but as we move further this software is failed to navigate while discussing large and complex simulations. Above discuss is the only con I can hardly think of.