Highlights & takeaways from our recent webinar, now available on‑demand.
Automotive manufacturing leaves little room for guesswork. Aggressive production schedules, supplier variability, and shifting OEM requirements can turn simple production plans into major, unexpected problems.
That’s why top Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) rely on simulation. Discrete-event simulation allows manufacturers to test complex scenarios in a zero-risk digital environment, before committing to costly resources or production line changes on the shop floor.
In our recent webinar, Avoid Bottlenecks and Costly Mistakes with Simulation in Automotive Manufacturing, Minitab’s Senior Simulation Consultant, Andrew Wylie, explained how teams are using discrete event simulation to test ‘what-if’ scenarios, strategize staffing levels, and most importantly meet OEM schedules with confidence.
During the webinar, we defined discrete event simulation as building a digital time‑based model of your live shop floor that can test “what‑ifs” safely, before spending a single dollar on resources or manipulating your production line. With simulation, you can identify bottlenecks, validate buffers, test staffing strategies, and stress‑test performance when demand spikes or a critical asset goes down, all inside a risk‑free, digital environment.
At Minitab, we strongly believe discrete event simulation is not just a useful tool, but a core solution for every manufacturer, especially in process improvement. Read our “The Role of Discrete Event Simulation in Process Improvement” blog to learn more.
If you’re responsible for planning, engineering, operations, or continuous improvement in any stage of the automotive manufacturing process, this session was tailor-made for you. Attendees learned how to...
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