From Mill to Customer: Simulating a Multi-Mode Distribution Network

Norske Skog Canada's Newsprint Division is a high volume manufacturer of newsprint.  With a heavy and bulky commodity and customers widely dispersed throughout the world, shipping is a significant cost center for the company.  In 1999, for example, Norske Skog (then Fletcher Challenge Canada) spent in excess of $100 Million in freight charges.  While already a successful distribution system, it was clear that even minor improvements in the efficiency of the overall network would lead to significant cost savings.

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Patient Flow Simulation

US Government Department of Indian Health Services

A generalized discrete event simulation tool was utilized for the analysis of client flows in a system of 13 outpatient clinics for the US Government's Indian Health Services (IHS) Organization in Billings, MT. This tool, used by IHS analysts, with support from NovaSim, helped to redesign their client flows in order to better serve client needs.