The classic process of a simulation project

Step	Client	SimPlan
1. Kick-off meeting	Team definition, scheduling, clarification of the requirements
2. Process analysis/ data acquisition	Delivery of all additional data, information and documents	Enquiry, documentation
3. Generation of model description	Check and acceptance of the description	Specification of all data, model characteristics and strategies
4. Model generation	Model verification	Model generation, data input, implementation of the controls
5. Validation	Provision of real comparative figures	Comparison of the simulation results with real key figures as well as possible model adaptation
6. Experimentation and optimising	Implementation of a workshop to define experiments, evaluate the results and deduce model changes
6. Experimentation and optimising		Conducting the experiments, processing and illustrating the results, implementing the model changes
7. Documentation		Documentation of the scope of the model and the strategies on the basis of the solution variant, tabular and graphic documentation of the experiments as well as evaluation of the results
8. Presentation	Presentation and illustration of the primary results

Potential expansion of the model

For support during the implementation/start-up phase.
For daily application during operation, e.g. for the purpose of detailed production planning.