Simulation Benefits North American Members
NAFEMS Workshop discusses Benefits and Barriers
 The NAFEMS Workshop, “The Business Benefits of
Simulation” was held in Lake Bluff, Illinois on November 17th
2005. More than 60 delegates attended this workshop, which was
jointly organised with IMPACT Engineering. Presentations came
primarily from industry, demonstrating many different stages in
simulation use, from companies who were just beginning to implement
analysis, to organisations who had been seeing a healthy return on
their analysis investment for many years.
In a preworkshop survey, delegates cited management
reluctance and insufficient time as the major roadblocks to
successful FEA implementation within their organisations. These
topics were addressed throughout the workshop in the presentations
and the questions & answer sessions throughout the day, which
provided an excellent forum for discussion, and served to ensure a
high level of interaction throughout the day.
Our special thanks are due to Vince Adams at IMPACT for his
invaluable assistance in the organisation and promotion of the
event. It was agreed that the event should be repeated in the
coming years – the overall concensus being that a biannual
meeting would be most popular. Plans are currently being drawn up
for these future meetings, and will be announced shortly.
In 2006, NAFEMS North America plan to hold several workshops of
this kind in locations throughout the US and Canada. If you would
like to be involved in NAFEMS North America, or have a particular
location you feel would be suited to these workshops, please get in
touch
CHICAGO, IL, USA, NOVEMBER 20TH 2005
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