ReliaSim® training

ReliaSim training: from downtime data to a validated line model

ReliaSim® models a production line's stops, buffers and speeds to show which fix recovers the most output. Andy and Amber Siprelle teach it in a two-day course, in one-hour online sessions, and on-site on your own line.

ReliaSim constraint timeline for a palletizer, case packer, filler, labeler and capper, showing up, down, blocked and starved time over a day

Schedule

Upcoming ReliaSim® classes

The public workshop registers through the University of Tennessee. Lunch and Learn sessions are booked one at a time on reliasim.com. For your own team, ask about an on-site class.

CourseDatesTimeFormatFeeRegister
From Reliability Data to Asset Utilization (ReliaSim®)Oct 20, 21, 2026
2 days
8:00 am–4:30 pm ETIn person
UT Conference Center, Knoxville, TN
$1,200 per personRegister

What you learn

Reliability data in, line decisions out

Reliability programs often improve each machine without the line making more. Downtime reports say what broke. They don't say how the whole line responds when something changes. ReliaSim training teaches teams to build a model from real production data, check it against what the line did, and test reliability, staffing and capital ideas on the model first.

ReliaSim uses discrete rate simulation, the method Andy created in 1990 for high-speed and bulk flow lines. About ReliaSim

Who it's for

  • Reliability and maintenance engineers who want to show which failures cost the line the most output
  • Plant and process engineers sizing buffers, speeds and changeovers
  • CI and operations leaders who must defend a capital or staffing decision
  • No simulation experience needed for the two-day course or the first sessions

ReliaSim courses

Three ways to learn ReliaSim

Registration and current dates are on reliasim.com.

  • Public workshop
  • 2 days
  • Knoxville, TN
  • $1,200

From Reliability Data to Asset Utilization

A two-day, hands-on public workshop at the Reliability & Maintainability Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It counts toward the RMC's RMIC® credential.

  • Building a validated system model from real production data
  • Why interdependencies, not single failures, drive utilization
  • How failures, buffers, operating policies and shared resources interact
  • Defending a reliability, operational or capital decision with evidence

Before you start: no simulation experience needed. Registration is through UT Knoxville. Details and sign-up.

  • 6 sessions
  • 1 hour each
  • Live online
  • $60 a session

ReliaSim Lunch and Learn Series

Six one-hour sessions, live with an instructor in a small group. Each covers one step of the workflow, and you can take them in any order.

  • Discrete rate worldview and modeling introduction
  • Model building with markdown and click-connect
  • Modeling interrupts and reliability: failure modes, time to failure and time to repair
  • Raw data parameterization: fitting historian and event-log data with ReliaStats®
  • Model verification and validation against production data
  • Model experimentation: gain/loss runs and buffer vs. reliability trade-offs

Before you start: nothing for session 1. Later sessions build on the earlier ones. Schedule a session.

  • Your team
  • At your plant
  • Your line, your data

On-Site ReliaSim Class

The full workflow taught in one block at your plant, built around your line and your downtime data. Your team leaves having modeled its own operation, not a demo.

  • The discrete rate worldview, model building, interrupts and experiments, end to end
  • Your own machines, speeds, buffers and downtime records
  • A validated model of your line to keep working with

Works best for: a reliability or engineering team with a line it wants to improve.

For operators and supervisors

A simulator for your plant team

Not every learner needs to build models. For operators, supervisors and planners, we build a game on your own line where people practice what to fix first, where storage goes and how the schedule plays out.

How it works

Try it before class

See ReliaSim on a real line first

The free ReliaSim Sandbox runs bottling line models in your browser. Try a buffer change or a reliability fix and see what the line does. It's a good way to see what the course covers before you sign up.

Open the Sandbox

Questions

Who teaches ReliaSim training?

Andrew (Andy) and Amber Siprelle. Andy created discrete rate simulation; Amber led SDI's ExtendSim training for many years.

Does the course count toward a certification?

The two-day UT Knoxville course counts toward the Reliability & Maintainability Implementation Certification (RMIC®) from the University of Tennessee's Reliability & Maintainability Center.

Do I need simulation experience?

No. The two-day course and the first Lunch and Learn session start from the beginning.

Can the training use our own line?

Yes. On-site classes are built around your line and your downtime data, under NDA when you need one.

Do you teach other simulation tools?

Yes: ExtendSim training and Siemens Plant Simulation training.

Tell us your problem

Plan your ReliaSim training

Tell us about your line and who needs training. We'll suggest the course, the sessions or an on-site class that fits.

  • A straight answer on whether simulation is the right tool
  • Which tool fits, even if it isn't one we use every day
  • A rough scope and timeline, before any commitment

Or book a 30-minute call.

We reply within one business day. Prefer email? info@simulationdynamics.com