Projects

Here are but a few of the projects SADIA engineers have implemented over the years.  These projects range in durations from several months to multiple years and where completed for organizations ranging in size from $5 million annual sales to over $60 billion.

 

Project #1

SADIA was selected as the lead architect and developer to implement an automated discrete event simulation based planning and scheduling system.  The tool was designed to model extremely large assembly sequences consisting of thousands of tasks, hundreds of resources and multiple product configurations.  The projects main goals were:

• Reuse existing precedence network information already gathered in MS Project
• Drastically reduce model development times
• Add variability to task times and staffing requirements
• Analyze multiple ship configurations
• Account for learning, equipment failure and rework operations
• Put the power of discrete event simulation in the hands of manufacturing engineers, planners and schedulers.

The above goals were exceeded as the tool was implemented on many projects corporate wide.  Models that once took months to construct are now built in a matter of hours, saving thousands of hours in engineering time and millions of dollars in development costs.

 

Project #2

A large shipyard was seeking a new Navy destroyer contact.  The Navy was concerned about current and future capacity availability in the yard.  SADIA engineers modeled the entire shipyard assembly operations to determine shipyard capacities, both current and projected.  Model was instrumental in the awarding of contract.

 

Project #3

SADIA engineers developed a quality management and recording system for a medical equipment device manufacturer that is integrated with the ERP system.  Working closely with company engineers, quality managers, operations managers, and inspectors, requirements were developed to automate and streamline the defective material reporting and handling.  Project goals were: 

• Reduce engineering time required to disposition material
• Collect defect data and store in a main repository to allow for improved reporting
• Reduce transaction entry required by Inventory Control through integration with ERP system
• Track the approval status of material and facilitate easy approval by users
• Improve efficiency of Inspectors through the simplification and automation of defect reporting
• Eliminate paper system used to report and communicate defects to the appropriate people

Our engineers were instrumental in the requirements development of the system by outlining current workflow, evaluating the workflow, proposing the improved workflow solution, coding the application, developing the documentation for the system, integrating the system with the ERP system and implementing the system.  The system has exceeded the all goals.