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SAT Simulations- und Automations-Technologie AG is the German Representative
of Rockwell
Software for the Arena®-Product Family of simulation packages.
This family consists of:
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| Arena®
Basic Edition (BE) |
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| Arena®
Professional Edition (PE) |
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Then there are application specific editions of Arena that include Arena PE and extend that funtionality by additional industry specific features:
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| Arena®
Packaging Edition |
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| Arena®
Contact Center Edition |
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Furthermore Rockwell Software offers additional software packages that add functionality to Arena PE (and thus to all editions except BE):
Arena RT
enables the Real Time Functionality in Arena - i.e. the ability to execute models in (a multiple of) real time and activation of messaging statements for communication with external processes
OptQuest for Arena
is an add-on that automates the process of varying input parameters and running simulations of the same model in order to optimize some model responses - i.e. this uses clever mathematical techniques for multidimensional optimization
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Arena® Basic Edition (BE) is a stand-alone simulation
package used for mapping and analyzing business processes. Comparisons
of current "as-is" operations with potential "to-be"
scenarios allow the right course of change to be charted with confidence.
Arena® BE represents process dynamics in a hierarchical
flowchart and stores system information in data spreadsheets. With
built-in activity-based costing and robust system performance data,
Arena® BE provides the measures needed to predict
the impact of change and to choose the best process configuration.
Through its methodology independence, Arena®
BE is effective for analyzing business, manufacturing, service, and
other systems. Common drivers for simulation - visualizing the dynamics
of a process, measuring costs, identifying bottlenecks, and establishing
staffing and equipment capacities - are easily accomplished in the
Arena® environment.
Arena® BE readily exploits existing information
systems. Its close integration with Visio allows wide access to models
and modeling tools in the enterprise. And through Arena®
's standard ActiveX and DAO interfaces and VBA, corporate data can
be incorporated directly into the simulation models.
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Arena® Professional Edition (PE)
is one of the most common general-purpose simulators (~ 13.000 installations
worldwide) since it delivers to the enterprise the capabilities needed
for analyzing all types of systems. First released in 1993, Arena®
employs an object-oriented design for entirely graphical model development.
Simulation models are built using graphical objects - called modules
- to define system logic and physical components such as machines,
operators, clerks, etc.
The Arena® template is the core collection of
modules providing general-purpose features for modeling all types
of applications. In addition to standard features, such as resources,
queueing, process logic, and system data, the Arena®
template includes modules focused on specific aspects of manufacturing
and material-handling systems. Arena® PE also
effectively models combined discrete/continuous systems, such as pharmaceutical
and chemical production, through its built-in continuous modeling
capabilities.
For animating simulation models, Arena®'s core
modeling constructs are accompanied by standard graphics for showing
queues, resource status, entity flow, etc. Compelling animations are
easily created using Arena®'s built-in drawing
tools and by incorporating clip art, AutoCAD, Visio, and other graphics.
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Arena® Professional Edition additionally offers module design
features for building and maintaining Arena®
templates. Arena® Professional Edition is delivered with OptQuest and the Flow Process Template.
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Arena®Packaging Edition is an Application
Solution Template (AST) built on top of Arena®
that offers three powerful benefits to users analyzing high-speed
processes. Arena® Packaging Edition constructs
and dialogs are specifically designed for modeling the complex control
logic and specialized equipment of automated lines. With built-in
palletizers, machines, fillers, conveyors, controls, sensors, reliability,
loss, merges, and splits, Arena® Packaging
Edition models are incredibly easy to build and understand.
The Arena® Packaging Edition core simulation
engine combines the powerful discrete simulation language of SIMAN
with an algorithmic engine specifically designed for accurately
tracking high-volume flow. No aggregation is required, and model
execution times are independent of the volume of units in the system.
Therefore, simulation projects are completed on-time and with accurate
results.
Arena® Packaging Edition integrates with the
general-purpose Arena template in such a way that "slow-speed" logic
such as warehousing or bulk deliveries can be included easily within
models. This flexibility allows users to model all aspects of their
system.
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Arena® Contact Center Edition is an Application
Solution Template (AST) built on top of Arena and inherits and leverages
its key functionality, including VBA and Microsoft Office compatibility.
Arena® Contact Center Edition relates to the
call-center domain of problems through specific constructs, such
as Calls, Agents, Scripts, and Schedules, designed for quick model
representation.
With Arena® Contact Center Edition, companies
can design new call centers and accurately predict their performance
prior to implementation, or can design competitive strategies to
manage future growth and organizational change. Applying complementary
simulation technology leverages the investment in current workforce
management systems by fine-tuning their output to incorporate the
complexity of the modern call center.
Arena® Contact Center Edition provides seamless
data transfer from workforce management tools through commonly used
interfaces such as Excel and Access. In addition, it also features
a call flow or script generator, a schedule editor, and a call pattern
editor to describe graphically call-arrival patterns across the
planning horizon.
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