Case studies

The military aircraft maintenance turnaround process (the in-between time when the aircraft touches down, is refueled, rearmed, and inspected, in order to be released) is complex and, being fairly time-consuming, includes multiple interactions and parallel workflows. Engineers from Lockheed Martin, one of the largest companies in the aerospace, defense, security, and technologies industry, used AnyLogic simulation modeling to improve decision making in the entire military airplane turnaround process and evaluate the impact of process changes on turnaround time.

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) maintains all electrical equipment within the British Army. Among other duties, engineers maintain the Apache Attack Helicopter, one of the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopters. This aircraft is very maintenance demanding: it takes about 35 hours of maintenance to cover one hour of flying. That was one of the reasons REME management considered their unit understaffed and claimed that it had to expand the mechanics department.

The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex transformed its aircraft maintenance planning using a structured, data-supported approach through AnyLogic simulation modeling. It helped save up to $25,000 by avoiding impractical solutions and reducing repair time. AnyLogic modeling capabilities facilitated a thorough analysis of maintenance scenarios, identifying cost-effective strategies and streamlining operational processes.

STAM is a multidisciplinary engineering company based in Italy that provides high-tech custom solutions to meet its client’s business challenges. Its engineers created a simulation model of metro station crowd behavior for the purpose of analyzing different attack scenarios.

In an effort to find practical operational solutions for a response to an unexpected crisis or natural disaster, Battelle, the world’s largest, non-profit, independent R&D organization, needed to test the effectiveness of a 48-hour shelter-in-place order for an Improvised Nuclear Device scenario. The goal was to reduce radiation dosages received during an uncoordinated mass evacuation, by comparing immediate evacuation and shelter-in-place order.

One of the SwRI's research areas is automated driving systems. Engineers decided to make autonomous vehicles free, not only from the driver, but also from a control center. According to this idea, vehicles would communicate in a distributed manner with each other, share information about their current location and environment, and make decisions on further actions based on this information themselves. This technology would primarily be used by military forces for the transportation of supplies to the fields of operation, demining, reconnaissance operations, and many other areas where humans...

A typical rush hour impedes the mobility of individual vehicles and significantly slows the overall flow of traffic. This phenomenon is compounded by events of mass mobilization, such as during an evacuation due to a hurricane or other event. ITS researchers sought to understand how public safety could be improved during such events by incorporating communication among a percentage of the vehicle population.

Discover how Warner Robins Air Logistics Center optimized its aircraft maintenance workflow and achieved KPIs through simulation modeling and standardized processes. Check out the case study to learn how innovative solutions helped achieve success in maintenance optimization and freed up weeks of engineers' time.