Simio Reviews

Makes Simulation fun and easy

Reviewed on 05/04/2019

Simio is an extremely powerful tool and it really makes one's life so much easier for simulations. Simio also does have a workbook that has lot of exercises that one can go through and learn a lot about the software. Once one has their head grasped around the concept, this software can save time, money, effort and provide accuracy.

Very Powerful Simulation Software

Reviewed on 30/07/2018

Simio is not exactly what we expected but gives more than anticipated

Reviewed on 20/06/2018

Simio certainly delivey more realistic results than the simple spread-sheet based calculations we used previously, however you really need to invest a vast amount of effort in the model to be able to get an accurate and believable result.

Versatile and easy to learn simulation tool in market

Reviewed on 27/06/2018

Able to simulate and assess "what-if" scenarios for complex airline operations for understanding investment benefits, operational bottlenecks, and potential benefits of process improvements.

Simio Software and Risk-based Planning and Scheduling (RSP)

Reviewed on 15/09/2015

Deciding which type of simulation software for a business to purchase can be an extremely difficult decision. Being faced with this decision we began to investigate and compare simulation software packages available on the market. After comparison, Simio was the clear choice for our business. Although most simulation software packages are extremely difficult and confusing to learn, Simio's many resources make learning and mastering the software easy. Most noteworthy is the video tutorials provided which made the transition to Simio painless. Ultimately the decision to choose Simio was made based on the functionality of the software and the ability to accurately and quickly model real world systems for the purposes of finding solutions. Simio's 3D modeling abilities are unmatched by any other software packages available. Simio is quick and easy in the 3D department and compared to others is much less time consuming for similar 3D animations. With that said, the 3D modeling is generally a non-value added task and we were more focused on the software's modeling abilities. Simio's add-in packages operate flawlessly with OptQuest being the one we utilize the most. The customer support at Simio is outstanding too. I reached out to Simio when modeling a complex transit system this past year and they were able to identify my error and provided a fix the same day.

We recently decided to expand our abilities with the usage of Simio's Risk-based Planning and Scheduling. After watching roughly 11 videos about 10 minutes each, Simio's RPS was easily incorporated into a previous manufacturing process project. Adapting the previous project slightly was straightforward and surprisingly resulted in the RPS being setup almost automatically. The ability to incorporate the complexities of variation into the RPS is what makes this such an advantageous tool and also what separates it from others. Simio also offers an add-in package for the RPS, Wonderware MES which provides the real-time production data. Generating plans, evaluating risk, performing comparisons, and many other functions are available through Simio's RPS and we look forward to providing this to our clients. We give Simio our highest recommendation.

There is on other product on the market today that comes close to Simio.

Reviewed on 22/06/2018

The best Discrete Event Simulator

Reviewed on 13/03/2017

As a Professor, I have been using SIMIO. Simio is object oriented and easy to use in complex projects. The user interface and the capabilities to build sophisticated libraries are a big plus. In addition, the utilization by industry makes it a good Industrial Standard and a good line in any CV to look for a job in simulation. The capabilities to make your own libraries are very important to do research. The SIMIO team includes the recent advances in the theory of simulation in this tools and that makes it even more powerful.

University of Houston

Reviewed on 13/03/2017

I find Simio very powerful simulation language with lots of features. I taught ARENA and SIMAN prior to learning Simio three years ago. However, my students find it hard to learn how to model using Simio, especially advanced features (concept of Model vs Model Entity State Variables, tables and matrices). I have not mastered Scheduling part of Simio yet which I would like to teach in a Scheduling Theory course, one of these days.

Great value and support

Reviewed on 23/06/2018

Simulation of workflow processes.

Solid software for standard simulation purposes with some nice features

Reviewed on 09/03/2017

Simio offers all standard and basic functionality for the most simulation purposes. It has nice featrues when loading data from foreign systems into the internal table structure.
Sometimes, it would be good to have something like a script language to provide user specific actions in a simple way rather than using the graphical process view, which gets sometimes very complicated.

Simio has a number of great features for advanced modeling. Support is exceptional

Reviewed on 19/06/2018

Simio provides a great simulation tool

Reviewed on 13/03/2017

I came to Simio whilst looking to re-engage with simulation. As a previous user of other simulation software packages I have found Simio very easy to work with although there is a bit more "programming" and other nuances to master when compared to some other packages. Despite this I have found it easy to create some quite complex scenarios and obtain some very useful data that I would not have otherwise been able to get. The support team are great and very friendly and over all I find the package excellent. I would certainly recommend this to others.

I supervised graduae students conducting research projects using Simio

Reviewed on 23/04/2018

Simio has been greatly improving our research outputs and soliciting more research projects.

Great Simulation Package

Reviewed on 14/03/2017

I have used Simio for almost 2 months. It is by far the easiest simulation package that can do 2D and 3D animation. Simio is also very easy to simulate a queuing system and easy to export the result in csv format. One noticeable drawback is the default value that Simio record was not consistent with the meaning of analytical model. For example, when I define maximum system capacity, the recorded value after simulation run seemed to go over the defined parameter. Thus, I've got to define my own state variable to record what I need (number in the system). BTW, I haven't tried the movable resource and many features yet, so couldn't write a review about it. However, if I have to model those other features, I will write a review some more.

Recommended Simulator

Reviewed on 13/03/2017

My team and me are teaching simulation with SIMIO because is friendly and very powerfull. Students understand software quickly an also, a posgraduate student made his Magister Thesis in quality engineering with a simulation as tool to predict behavior. He learned quickly and SIMIO was a useful tool to his work.

Great tool that is easy to use for many applications

Reviewed on 19/06/2018

A great tool for Decisión Making

Reviewed on 13/03/2017

I have used SIMIO ofr the last 8 years. It has improved a lot and, at this time, I think is the best simulation software.
As a profesor and a researcher, my students and I take advantage of its flexibility, easy of use, and performance.
Great job guys.

For industry

Reviewed on 10/03/2020

i just try once but i like a lot my experience with Simio

Flexiblility to deal with hard to schedule domains.

Reviewed on 25/08/2015

Uses a simulation model to accurately represent the complexities important to your domain.
Includes comprehensive and interactive reporting.
Features risk analysis to tell you how likely you are to meet a schedule and provide an objective way to compare alternatives.
Includes 2D and 3D animation to help understand and communicate the solution.
Uses the power of the cloud (Azure) to run and distribute the schedules.

Very good simulation software

Reviewed on 13/03/2017

I have experience with Simio as well as with SIMUL8, AnyLogic and Stella. I appreciate the way Simio handles scenarios/experiments.

mydrYAMeview

Reviewed on 08/03/2017

Simio is an excellent simulation software, especially for teaching simulation courses. With a grant from Simio to use the software, I think I had made the right choice to use Simio in my Business Simulation class

I KNOW ABOUT SIMIO

Reviewed on 02/08/2018

THE SOFTWARE WAS OF GREAT HELP FOR THE SIMULATION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF PANELS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WHICH CONCEBED TO ACHIEVE A MORE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION AND COST REDUCTION.

Great simulation software and improving

Reviewed on 09/10/2018

Good for simulation and projection

Reviewed on 02/04/2019

My overall experience with Simio is satisfactory.