QUEST®

The Systems Integration,Process Flow Design,and Visualization Solution

The Next Level ofIntegrationQUEST® is a complete 3D digital factoryenvironment for process flow simulationand analysis, accuracy, and profitability.

QUEST provides a single collaborative environment for industrial engineers,manufacturing engineers, and managementto develop and prove out best manufacturingflow practices throughout the productiondesign process. Improve designs, reducerisk and cost, and maximize efficiency digitally, before spending money on theactual facility, to get it right the first time.By using QUEST to experiment withparameters such as facility layout, resourceallocation, kaizen practices, and alternatescheduling scenarios, integrated productteams can quantify the impact of theirdecisions on production throughput and cost.

QUEST’s flexible, object-based, discreteevent simulation environment combinedwith powerful visualization and robustimport/export capabilities makes it theengineering and management solution of choice for process flow simulation and analysis.

Powerful Solutions forEvery DisciplineQUEST is a powerful simulation develop-ment and analysis tool for validating and

visualizing the impact of process flowdecisions made for meeting productionrequirements. Reduce risk by validatingaffordability measures, and minimizingproblems and unplanned costs associatedwith facility startup. QUEST provides acomplete solution, providing the tools necessary for both efficient process flowanalysis and effective presentation ofresults to customers, managers, and otherengineering disciplines.

From Concept toImplementationQUEST allows you to quickly build a simulation model to the level of detailrequired, adding more detail as necessaryto improve accuracy throughout thedesign process. Conceptualize yourprocesses by populating the model withintelligent objects and pre-built submodelsfrom your libraries. Once your proposal is accepted, carry the same model into the design process by integrating it withexisting design tools such as 2D/3D CAD,Microsoft spreadsheet and planning software, and other types of simulation

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applications such as ergonomic workplaceassessment. Use the QUEST model to document the lessons learned through thesystems integration process, quantifying the impact of design decisions.

As your facility springs to life in the digitalworld, the system’s behavior is emulatedwith real processing times, speeds, staffinglevels, schedules, failure rates, and timing.This interactive digital environment allowsaccelerated “what if” analysis to be explored,for evaluating production scenarios, productmixes, and other alternatives. Results are efficiently communicated back to the product/process team for incorporating the best solutions.

Finally, as the facility is built, use QUEST to author an Express model of your

proprietary processes and integratethe simulation using QUEST Express™

with your MES, ERP, MRP, PLC, orscheduling systems for assisting in production floor analysis and systems monitoring. In each stage,analyzing and presenting QUEST

results to decisionmakers is simpleand effective.

ReuseExisting DataLeverage the resultsproduced fromyour engineeringcounterparts to dramatically reduceyour data collection

and model building time. Simply read inprocess data from standard databases, and use the CAD geometry from product designers to facilitate recognition. Use a distributed modeling approach by communicating real-time via sockets protocol between QUEST and any application, such as another QUEST model,other DELMIA products, and productionmonitoring systems.

DELMIA’s integrated solution allows you to automatically link to related simulationanalysis, thus reducing the time to build andmodify the model. Read DELMIA recordings from other DELMIA productsinto QUEST, to speed up model building and help generate a better understanding of the processes being simulated.

Link and jump to other DELMIA products,maintaining a close association to the actual location of data origination.Thiscapability also provides faster feedback and modification requirements to otherengineers.

Object-based Model-buildingMeans ReusabilityQUEST includes a rich resource library ofgeometric objects that library… enablesusers to quickly and accurately model a pro-duction facility, such as buffers, machines,material handling systems, and docks. Saveand reuse objects on multiple levels — elements, classes, groups, submodels, or justlogic and geometry. Combine this customlibrary with the default libraries available in QUEST to efficiently simulate your new facility.

Intelligent MaterialHandling System TemplatesQUEST incorporates real production variables, such as physical lengths, speeds,accelerations/decelerations, and plant layout to analyze the effects on materialhandling equipment and labor. For example, QUEST simulations enable partsof different sizes to accurately accumulateon conveyors, and automatically generatedor user-defined labor paths to determinethe overall time spent by operators walking between work stations in a jobshop. Use available templates to accurately simulate material movement systems suchas labor, forklift trucks, conveyors, powerand free systems, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), cranes, kinematic devices,and automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).

Analyze Throughput, Manpower Requirements,Inventory Levels, Routing Behavior Effects

Use the interactive, true 3D animation and statisticalresults to allocate resourcesappropriately, allowing youto justify or reduce costsassociated with Work InProcess (WIP) inventory,

labor scheduling, equipment failure, andcapacity planning. Display analytical resultsin customizable numerical tables, bargraphs, pie charts, histograms, and timeseries graphs. Export the data to an exter-nal analysis tool such as a spreadsheet orother charting package. Compare multipleruns graphically and through confidenceintervals.These analytical tools assist youin identifying and quantifying the impactof bottlenecks on your facility, and measur-ing value-added vs. non value-addedactivities for lean activities.

An Open Architecture Approach to ModelingQUEST models directly emulate real-world system behaviors through distributed logic,used to associate with each resource, suchas routing logic, buffering policies, built-inpush and pull production attributes, andcomposite processes with requirement/selection rules. Easily select the most commonly needed behavior logic fromcomprehensive logic menus that are parameter-driven for even greater flexibility.

Use the intelligent searchalgorithms in OptQuestfor an efficient, automated Design ofExperiments process.

QUEST provides a single environment forbuilding and running the model, allowinginstant visualization of any model change,thus eliminating lengthy edit/compile/run/analyze cycles.

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Communicate Quickly to Complete the TaskThe 4D simulation accelerates humanrecognition and understanding, allowingthe model builder to efficiently completethe simulation task — easily explainingimpacts to those not intimate with themodel, such as managers, customers, andother engineering disciplines. Effectivelyreduce risk by increasing the level ofunderstanding that the decision makerspossess regarding the impact of problemsand proposed solutions.With real-time control of the model viewing world, theuser can view any potential problem area.

For unique problems, QUEST’s robust and flexible simulation language provides distributed processing with access to all system variables.This high-level, structuredlanguage allows users to define custombehaviors and gain unlimited control over the simulation. Users can simply modify any default logic since all logic menu selections are written in this powerful language, providing an efficient alternative to the tedious task of creating a “workaround”for near-correct logic. Instead, develop yourown library of custom logic, accessiblethrough the menu interface.

QUEST provides flexible and robust communication abilities. Output statistical

information to external files for use in presentations or other analytical forums.

Use virtual reality immersive devices, such as stereo glasses or head-mounted

displays to fly through the facility. Generate 2D and 3D images and movie files.