|
Simplex3 can be applied to all fields in which the solution of partial differential equations does not play a major role, but a set of ordinary differential or difference equations reasonably describe the system.
Production Engineering
- In-Plant flow of material:
- Utilization of means of transportation, machines and workers
- Cycle times of work pieces
- Inventory of buffers and intermediate storages
- Dimensions of resources
- Strategies of material flow
- Work shift models
- Stock-Keeping:
- Order policies for optimum stock of inventory (time and quantity to refill the stock)
Public Health
- Operation of hospitals and medical consulting rooms:
- Utilization of resources (operating rooms, equipment) and staff
- "Cycle times" of patients
- Priority of activities
- Work shift models
Service Systems
- Restaurants and Catering
- Supermarket tills
- Number of waiters and shop assistants
- Timing of service
- Organization of progress
Administrations
- Public authority
- Insurances
- Banks
- Cycle time of orders and applications
- Utilization of clerks
- Optimal organization of progress, optimization of processes
|
|
Staff System
- Big companies and public authority
- Development of staff
- Development of qualification profiles and continued education
Control Systems
- Control of elevators:
- Distribution of transport times
- Number of elevator cars
- Best control strategy
Feedback Control Systems
- Systems with continuous or digital controlers:
- Dimensioning of the controller
- Optimal control system design (number of feedback loops, state control system)
- Improving the startup behaviour
Communication Systems
- Information exchange based on protocols:
- Performance, Deadlocks, Lifelocks
Ecology
- Track of material flows
- Optimal timing and quantity of fertilization
- Optimal timing and quantity of harvests
Finances
- Development of investments
- Optimal timing of investments
|