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Digital Twins and Simulation
Understand What Your Operation Can Deliver
Equipment specifications and average production rates rarely tell the full story. Actual performance depends on how equipment, material flows, storage, resources and operating rules interact, particularly when conditions vary.
MISIM develops discrete-event simulation models and digital twins to represent these interactions and evaluate decisions before changes are made. Using engineering designs, production plans, operating data and documented assumptions, we help clients establish achievable capacity, identify constraints and compare alternatives.
Models can support a focused engineering study or evolve into tools for ongoing planning and decision support. Real-time data integration can be incorporated where it provides value, but is not a prerequisite for rigorous simulation analysis.
Establish Achievable Production Capacity
The capacity of individual assets does not necessarily determine what an integrated operation can sustain. Our models connect equipment availability, production flows, storage and maintenance to identify constraints, quantify production losses and evaluate system-level performance.
Explore how the Shell Albian Sands integrated operating model supported maintenance planning, production forecasting and evaluation of expansion alternatives.
Right-Size Equipment and Capital Investment
Evaluate alternative equipment configurations, storage capacities, fleet requirements and infrastructure options under realistic operating conditions. Simulation helps establish where additional capacity is justified, where operating changes may be sufficient and where capital expenditure can potentially be deferred.
The Albemarle Kemerton process and traffic simulation illustrates how equipment reliability, surge storage and truck movements can be evaluated during engineering design.
Evaluate Operating Strategies and Alternatives
Test maintenance strategies, production schedules, resource allocation and logistics arrangements under varying operating conditions. Simulation reveals how changes affect throughput, utilization, congestion, delays and system reliability, providing a stronger basis for engineering and operational decisions.
See how rail-connected logistics simulation evaluated warehouse, truck and rail operations to test planned volumes and infrastructure requirements.
