Engineers are responsible for proposing and designing products and processes - and then for improving them.
For many years, engineers have used computer simulations to help design products - improving and gaining assurance of achieving the required characteristics before the product is produced.
However, rarely are the same principles applied to designing and running engineering processes such as production or handling facilities – potentially missing the opportunity to significantly increase efficiency and reduce costs.
This is for the simple reason that interactions between multiple discrete, but interdependent processes are hard to define and understand. They also often contain unpredictable elements – such as staff availability and capability, equipment reliability and variations in demand.
Paragon can help you model these situations and help you to identify and prove the best operating procedures, resource and equipment requirements.
Engineers also need to predict improvements that will result from applying new technologies, whether this is to justify investment, a new development project or to support bid processes. Again this is an area where Paragon supply modelling tools that help you to get the most out of an improvement to complex processes.
Why not talk to us? As a minimum you will find an engineer-to-engineer discussion stimulating and educational. We may be able to help you solve some of your most difficult problems.
case studies
ThyssenKrupp
***New*** ...One of the world's biggest technology groups
A model to support a competitive aerospace industry tender bid. The bid challenged conventional industry practice and offered improved returns through automation and labour reduction.
Xerox
Office products, workflow and document management
Major investment in an assembly area for a new breed of printer - needed an animated model of the assembly circuit for Xerox to operate.
Ibstock
One of the UK’s largest brick manufacturers
A need to plan for maximum throughput in times of high demand (and prices) and greatest resilience to downturns and price erosion
people say
"The saving of 3 AGVs at £60k each saved Xerox £180k"
