Given the complex and dynamic nature of ports and container yards – it is a challenge to maximise the utilization of available resources to be able to achieve high levels of operational efficiency. This is more so due to the very large number of interdependent variables that are often influenced by random factors. We provide an easy and accurate 3D animated tool that can help you improve the efficiency of port and container yards.
The tool allows you to build a 3D analytical, to-scale & animated model of your real-life port and container yard operations – and evaluate the impact of changing operational parameters or conditions on the virtual system. You can play around with various parameters – equipment, personnel and resources, or process conditions and behaviour – and visualize the results in a graphical representation.
Multiple parameters or conditions can be changed in the model to check not only the behaviour of the system – but also what quantum of change will give how much change and hence what is the optimal change and arrive at the optimal combination. The tool can represent any size or level of detail from manual operations to fully automated lines.
Business Intelligence (BI) performs a static analysis based on averages of historical data – which needs to be collected over a period of time. On the other hand, this 3D animation tool is dynamic over time and can take into account the variability in various operational and environmental factors. So the output from the tool will show fluctuations over time, which gives a more realistic picture. Additionally, it incorporates a far greater level of detail, which is not possible in BI.
The 3D animated tool can effectively provide answers to the operational needs and challenges of ports and container yards:
The tool can be used to create an accurate 3D model of the port’s and container yard’s real-life operations and visualize future states of the system – in relation to variable parameters – and thus arrive at an optimal decision.