SDI Self-Guided Tour
Simulation Dynamics has extensive experience in building simulation models to help solve complex dynamic problems. In this self guided tour, we have sorted our experience into four broad areas:
- Manufacturing
- Supply Chain
- Logistics
- Resource Management
In each of these areas, you can look at the strategic areas that our models have addressed, and a sampling of case studies.
Transformational Business Value Delivered
Billion-Dollar Impact:
- $1B+ annual savings (single automotive logistics client - VINLogic)
- $21.7M inventory cost savings with 19% transit time reduction
- $1-2M cost savings + $5-7M inventory reduction (CPG supplier-retail optimization)
Operational Excellence:
- 15% throughput improvement through scheduling optimization (Food Processing)
- 94% productivity improvement in automated warehousing design
- 15,000+ daily users of mission-critical enterprise applications
- Forecast accuracy: 70% → 95%+ transformation
Sustained Value Creation:
- Models running 10+ years as core business assets
- 12+ facility replication of successful models across regions
- 15-minute scenario analysis replacing weeks of traditional methods
- 99.9%+ uptime for enterprise-grade applications
Strategic Transformation:
- "Video view" vs. snapshots - Revolutionary supply chain understanding
- Real-time decision support enabling immediate operational responses
- Crisis response capability - Hurricane Katrina network management
- CFO budgeting tools - Executive-level strategic planning applications
Client Satisfaction Themes
"Just Works" Reliability: "The reason we never call you is because the model just works." - Fortune 500 CFO
Speed & Agility: "We can run six months of supply chain data in a matter of minutes." - Mike Geddis, Director of Engineering, General Mills
Deep Understanding: "If anyone here tells you they understand our supply chain, they are lying!" (before simulation study)
Collaborative Excellence: "The SDI team went above and beyond the project scope, proactively brainstorming ways to make our project better." - J Adam Traina, Director of Operations Research, Symbotic
Industries Served with Quantified Impact
- Automotive & Transportation - $1B+ logistics optimization
- Food & Consumer Packaged Goods - 15% throughput improvements, global applications
- Chemical Manufacturing - "Extremely successful" restructuring revealing growth opportunities
- Government & Defense - Critical national security resource planning
- Automated Warehousing - 94% productivity improvements
- Process Manufacturing - Real-time operator coaching and optimization
Technology Platform: The SDI Database
SDI's founder originally designed the database system that powers ExtendSim®'s data-driven simulation models. That same architect has now rebuilt it — faster, portable, cloud-ready, and free from proprietary constraints.
Cloud DB Viewer — Upload any ExtendSim®-compatible database text file and explore it instantly in your browser. No license required. No software to install. Share it with your team via URL.
The database-driven approach that powers every case study on this tour — from nuclear weapons resource planning to billion-dollar automotive logistics — is now available as an open, cloud-accessible platform. Your data belongs to you.
The database was the first thing we rebuilt. It was not the last.
If you trained on our methodology, built models with our libraries, or have an ExtendSim database your organization still depends on — there are things here you'll want to see. Some of them aren't on this tour yet.