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simulation is fundamental for the construction of ProModel®, which allows the identification of
models used for the optimization of processes. goodness of fit and homogeneity tests in order to
formulate improvement proposals for system
At the moment there are different programs that help productivity. They raised the requirement for new
the simulation of processes, among which are: staff and identified bottlenecks. Morales, Rojas,
QUEST, Flexsim, Arena, Witness, EM-Plant, Hernández, Morales, Rodríguez and Pérez (2013)
Showflow, Enterprise Dynamics, Simul8, ProModel, conducted a study with the supply chain model
E-Factory (Martínez, Bernabé, Hormaechea, developed in ProModel® software, which achieves
Mínguez, and Ispizua, S / A). García, García, and the representation of a supply chain according to the
Cárdenas (2006) argue that this commercial software structure and behavior require for the experimentation
is one of the most used in the market, which focuses of possible improvements with lean manufacturing.
on manufacturing processes of one or several The parameters of the model subject to variation refer
products, transformation assembly lines, among to reductions of waste in the process of the chain.
others. Salazar (S / A) argues that ProModel is a Taddei, Rodríguez and Ruiz (2013) showed how the
magnificent and complete program of simulation of application of the simulation of systems allows to
industrial processes, since it allows to simulate any make more efficient the use of the resources, to
logistic or manufacturing process, as well as strategic reduce the waiting times and to give better attention,
situations, and also to simulate the different processes in this case to the aspirants to enter the Universidad of
of material handling. García, Eguia and Izaguirre Sonora.
(2015) mention that the choice of ProModel as a
Simulation technology tool, has a great advantage General objective
because it is an interactive graphic software, which
allows engineering students to adapt easily to their use Improve the production process by applying the
and generation of practices. simulation technique

The origins of ProModel go back in the year 1976.
The plant was Ford Motor Company, which was Specific objectives
developing a new car model. The challenge was to
determine the right balance between machine  Understand the contextualization of the topic.
 Know the existing models to evaluate the
capacities, buffering and allocation of resources to
meet production levels defined for each production quality of a production process.
line. Of course, keeping the minimum cost of  Calculate the representative sample using 90%
production. (Harrell, S / A) mentions that this was his reliability.
first experience in computer simulation. At that time,  Build the simulation model using specialized
ProModel® software.
simulation models were usually programmed by
computer programmers in Fortran, a scientific  Analyze the results obtained from the
programming language. However, there were mainly construction of the simulation.
two drawbacks to this approach: (1) the simulation  Evaluate the results obtained from the
studies took too long (up to one or two years to simulation analysis.
program and revise completely, too late to deliver
useful responses) and (2) programmers were not Justification
engineers and therefore, they normally had difficulty
understanding the simulated process and knowing The project will be carried out in order to make
what solutions were feasible (Harrell, S / A). known the benefit of using the simulation technique.
Many companies are unaware of this type of
ProModel® software customers include: Pfizer, technique, which helps not only understand a real
Lockheed Martin, U.S. Army, TSA, Merck, West model or system, but also, the simulation helps to
Point, General Dynamics, Medtronic, Baxter make the best decision regarding the performance of a
BioPharma, Driscoll's. Federal Express, Northrop model or system.
Grumman, Boeing, MIT, U.S. Air Force, Nestlé
Purina (Pinto, 2013). Trujillo, Vallejo and Becerra The project will show a simulation of the production
(2010) used the simulation to model a call center with process, which will identify the areas of work and the

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