Why Virtual Manufacturing Now?

Why virtual manufacturing now? Perhaps the best answer to this question is that the very nature of simulation is the search for more information. Every simulation acts as a point from which one can better view the possibilities and then ask the next question. That question generally requires a finer simulation, or more of them, and as soon as that is available, someone will ask for the "optimum" solution. The primary limitation today in reaching this optimum solution is problem size. The needs of companies for faster solutions, for better and better simulations, for more refined and accurate simulations, and now for virtual manufacturing simulations leads to the unquenchable demand for more computational power. The computer industry is delivering on that demand. Recently the rapid diffusion of Electronic Commerce urges the birth of new type of enterprises and stream of value chain. Most existing companies are also trying to promptly adjust to the current EC environment. However, small and medium manufacturers can't adjust properly to the new environment because they are in short of money, personnel, and technology. To cope with this problem and strengthen the sales power of small and medium manufacturers, we have focused on virtual manufacturing system

Computer Industry Maturing
In the past, simulations such as these were limited to the largest of companies possessing the largest of computers. That is no longer the case. Today, all of our analysis and graphical products operate on workstations that are readily available from a number of manufacturers running any of the popular operating systems. Increasingly, the single most important factor in determining which computer you choose is simply "How fast do you want your answers?"
Parallel Processing
Parallel Processing involves combining the resources of many CPU's or entire machines and applying them to the solution of a single virtual manufacturing simulation so that problem solving becomes easy.