Simul8 Reviews & Product Details

Simul8 is discrete event simulation software that helps organizations model processes, test operational changes, and compare outcomes before making changes in the real world. Operations, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, supply chain, and service teams can use it to examine how people, equipment, materials, and work move through a system over time. Users build a visual process model, define its routing and business rules, and add factors such as demand variation, resource availability, shift patterns, and equipment downtime. They can then run scenarios to see how proposed changes affect throughput, waiting times, utilization, service levels, and costs. This supports decisions about staffing, schedules, capacity, layouts, inventory, and investments. Core capabilities include: - Visual process modeling for flows, resources, queues, timing, and routing. - Scenario testing to compare alternative operating conditions and proposed improvements. - Results and visualizations for measures such as throughput, utilization, and waiting times. - Data inputs from spreadsheets, with additional data workflows available through Minitab Connect. - Visual Logic scripting and developer tools for more customized simulation behavior. Simul8 can be used for a focused improvement project or for recurring planning as conditions change. Manufacturing teams might test a new production line or identify a bottleneck; healthcare teams might examine patient flow or staffing; logistics teams might compare warehouse layouts or distribution strategies. The model represents variability and constraints so teams can examine a range of possible results rather than relying on a single average. Models are created in Simul8’s desktop environment. Organizations using Minitab Connect can prepare and refresh operational inputs, while approved simulations can be published to Minitab Solution Center for stakeholders to explore scenarios through interactive dashboards. These connected workflows can help teams keep models current and share simulation results with decision makers.

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German, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified)

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What is Simul8, and what problem is it built to solve?

Simul8 is part of Minitab’s suite of statistical analysis and process-improvement solutions. The suite is intended to help organizations identify process gaps and drive meaningful improvement.

What languages does Simul8 support?

Simul8 supports 8 languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, and others.

What company sizes and industries is Simul8 the best fit for?

Simul8’s strongest fit in reviewer-reported experience is among small businesses and mid-market organizations, with higher education standing out as an industry use case.

Small businesses: Organizations with 50 or fewer employees.
Mid-market: Organizations with 51–1,000 employees.
Higher education: A prominent setting for using Simul8.

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Yogesh M.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/22/2020

"I am using it from last 3 years &it's very Fast, Flexible & Powerful for Discrete Event Simulation."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

Simul8 provides user manual with some tutorials which is very beneficial for the beginners. Simul8 is user-friendly, easy to handle, Easy Access to spreadsheets, Visual Basics Scripts to build the Simulation model, Simulation objects and their properties and attributes. Simul8 provides the Database connections through ODBC. Simul8 can useful for Manufacturing and Assembly lines for both solid and Liquid products. One can control the speed of Simulation from very slow to very fast without lagging or affecting the computer speed. Simul8 can analyze the Utilization percentage, Bottlenecks, Throughputs and Cycle time. Scripting is very easy to write and also provided with intellisense. Graphs are available and also easy access to all KPIs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

Simulation Objects are not much attractive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Simul8 solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using Simul8 for Digital manufacturing World. Using the Simulation model I can easily calculate Throughput, Cycle time, Machine and Operator Utilization of the manufacturing and Assembly lines. I am applied simulation model to analyze the bottlenecks in production of Various Automobile parts, Food industries and Chemical Industries. I have also used Simul8 for Lean Production planning and Lean Material planning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pema W.

Senior Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/19/2020

"A powerful, practical and intuitive program"

5/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

I liked the drag and drop features and the UI which had consistent implementation of menus and windows, so learning how to use one feature meant I could figure out how to use another by applying the same methods. I also enjoyed the time scale feature of the simulation. It was useful to see simulations run both in real time, and very fast. Another useful element of the simul8 program was the very powerful distributions that we could apply to every single element of the simulation. For my assignment I was required to use this, and it was useful to see how the change in distribution of the input and output of the simulations made such a profound change in the results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

I thought the usage of images was a little difficult and convoluted to apply. I also found the interface and polish of the look of the program to be a little old fashioned. It seemed to be from a late 90's to early 2000s theme that made the program look a little old fashioned. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Simul8:

Use it especially for conceptualizing the operations of a business. It is so useful! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Simul8 solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used SIMUL8 to solve an assignment in my Masters Course Module on Discrete Event Simulation. The problem was to simulate a terminal of an airport and figure out how to improve the efficiency. I realized the power of using finetuning features on each element of the model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sushant K.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/1/2020

"Easy to use with many functionalities."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

The software is easy to use and supports various functionalities that are needed to solve a real-world business problem through the use of simulation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

The user interface is not great and needs improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Simul8 solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of the problems which I solved using SIMUL8 was to work on the operational efficiency of a leading healthcare provider. The software helped me in conducting various analyses through which the time spent by blood donors in a hospital was significantly reduced, thereby increasing efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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roozbeh y.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/26/2020

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"My first simulation experience."

4/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

SIMUL8 is quite straightforward and easy to follow. It may sound unprofessional, but I found the visualization option really interesting and useful as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

As I worked with the student version of SIMUL8, I wasn't able to try all the software; so, I didn't find anything unlikeable about the student version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sokratis-Dimitrios C.

Technical Support Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/3/2020

"My experience with Simul8 during my MSc studies"

4/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

You could find a very useful guide with videos over the web that give you good examples for using this tool effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

There were some bugs while applying some tests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Simul8:

More guides/examples of using Simul8 and improvements to fix the bugs are needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Simul8 solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used Simul8 to resolve human resources problems. I could say that I appreciated the easy way to perform your tests through the quick way of setting your parameters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/25/2020

"SIMUL8 user experience"

4/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

SIMUL8 is a great software for simulating real world complex problems such as logistics, production, planning, optimization. The software is also very user friendly, easy to learn and accurate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

Although you can use Simul8 to simulate many real world systems, like many other programming software there is still rooms for improvement such as adding more functions in each design category to make the simulation process easier and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/31/2020

"user friendly but access problems"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

The VL is very easy to use and a lot of commands are there that makes programming a joy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

Its high price if you don't have a license Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Alasdair R.

Director

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/15/2020

"Powerful and essential"

4/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

If you want to review processes without simulating it then you are essentially making up numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

The graphic interface only goes so far. To really use it you must use visual logic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Nazeem u.

Senior Business Development Officer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/14/2020

"SIMUL8-- A wonderful for simulating a forecasting the operations etc"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

The graphic outlay of the SIMUL8 is best Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

It is complex for programming the basic info into the SIMUL8 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tudor M.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/24/2020

"Simul8 was of great help during my studies."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Simul8?

The most useful part of it is that it lets you test real-life scenarios before you actually implement the changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Simul8?

The software can be too complex sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.