Case studies

Evans & Peck used AnyLogic software to simulate port berth capacity. The goal was to find out how much additional product could pass through the port without upgrading it.

The volume of cargo traffic in Russian ports quadrupled during the period from 2000 to 2016. The growth of cargo traffic led to the need to build new modern terminals. Another challenge, in this regard, was the choice between the creation of new terminals and the modernization of the existing ones. The managing company of Novorossiysk Sea Port planned to expand the existing trading terminal, so that, in the future, its capacity would increase to 1.2 million tons per year. For project implementation, the managing company hired an engineering company, Morstroytechnologiya, to devise maritime...

Automation Intelligence, together with Noorjax Consulting, worked on improving the parcel sorting system. Tilt tray sorters are commonly used in parcel sorting, distribution, order fulfillment centers, and baggage handling. Thanks to the AnyLogic simulation model, the parcel sorting system’s throughput was increased by minimizing parcel recirculation.

Diageo is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company. Diageo Russia is one of Russia’s top five wholesale alcoholic beverage distributors, which is traditionally a low margin business where the bottom line is sensitive to the customer service level and high logistics costs. Diageo sought assistance from the consulting company Amalgama, LLC when they experienced an increase in sales volume, but failed to realize larger profits due to logistics costs per unit.

With AnyLogic simulation software as the centerpiece, NASSCO utilizes a custom-built analysis system called the Large Scale Computer Simulation Modeling System for Shipbuilding (LSMSe) to provide highly detailed and accurate capacity analyses for both current production and potential new work.

The managers of one of the most important Italian yacht manufacturers needed a new, intelligent approach that would make the planning process simpler. The objective was to give the real production planner exceptionally rich planning information, which would allow the person to test and refine a plan before its implementation.

Manufacturing and economic conditions are so complicated and unstable that it makes traditional scheduling methods ineffective. A major Eastern European steel pipe manufacturing plant decided to improve production planning using simulation software. In addition, the company wanted to minimize gaps and daily fluctuations of the orders handover, identify bottlenecks, and improve order routes.

Evans & Peck was involved in multi-purpose harbour design planning. The company utilised a discrete event simulation modeling approach to map the transportation, warehousing, and loading to ships of product.

When planning the subway renovations, the engineers wanted to be sure that the design solutions they chose would comply with current safety regulations and ridership. For instance, at Kiyevskaya station, one of the Moscow’s largest metro hubs, with ridership of 30,000 passengers an hour, the engineers decided to enlarge the existing antechamber to increase the passenger flow, replace the escalator belts, and add an extra escalator in the rundown corridor to the Arbat-Pokrovskaya line. To evaluate the project design, they contracted the specialists of the Institute for Development of...

One of the largest beer manufacturers in Eastern Europe faced a logistical challenge most manufacturing company’s face, high transportation costs. The company’s plan was to decrease distribution and transportation costs from the plant to suppliers and ultimately lower costs for their customers.