Simulation consulting
Simulation consultants who also built the tools
We have solved real manufacturing problems for decades, and that experience shapes every model.
We made tools others use
Our bulk flow (rate) and database libraries for ExtendSim sold more than 700 licenses and became part of its core. We know what these platforms can do because we helped build one.
The client picks the direction
Our technology choices follow what clients need. When clients needed Plant Simulation, we adapted, and we have now done 50+ projects in it.
We work as partners
You know your operation and we know modeling. Together that produces a model people keep using, some of them for 10+ years.
We stay in the field
SDI serves on the Winter Simulation Conference Industrial Advisory Board and shares technique in talks on YouTube, which keeps us close to where simulation is going.
Models that outlive the project
Some models run for years with little help from us. Analysts run them weekly, finance uses them for budgets, and they get pulled out when a crisis hits.
More than a report
We can hand you a study, a tool your analysts run, an app on the web or desktop, or simulation running on edge systems beside the line.
What clients say after the model runs
"VinLogic is at the heart of what we do. Our analysts run it every week. I run the model to more accurately predict our annual budget! The reason we never call you is because the model just works."
CFO, Insight Network Logistics
"Instead of taking a snapshot, this is more like a video. Your ability to actually see the activity in action and plot out the results allows you to understand impacts much better while the supply chain is running. We can run six months of supply chain data in a matter of minutes."
Director of Engineering, global food manufacturer
"We have uncovered additional options for low capital cost business growth, some of which were not readily apparent beforehand."
Rick Dougherty, Senior Manufacturing Analyst, Rohm & Haas (Dow Chemical)
"The model confirmed bottlenecks at certain operations in the plant... an effective tool to evaluate proposed capital expenditures and scheduling changes over short and long-term periods."
Robert Rugeroni, IT Director, food processing
Industries
| Manufacturing | Food, beverage, consumer goods and packaging: production and capacity for plant managers and operations leaders. |
| Process industries | Chemicals and bulk materials, where the constraints are complex and tightly linked. |
| Logistics | Distribution and transportation networks, warehouses and vehicle fleets. |
| Government, defense and mining | Critical resource planning and resource extraction. |
Tell us your problem
What would happen if you changed it?
Describe the decision in front of you. We'll tell you whether a model can answer it, and what it would take.
- 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