Why train with SimulateFirst?
There is no shortage of Simio documentation, videos, and self-study resources. What's harder to find is instruction from someone who has spent years building real production and logistics models — who can tell you not just what a feature does, but when to use it, when to avoid it, and how it behaves on large, data-connected models.
SimulateFirst has been a Simio German Team member since 2011. Our engineers use Simio daily on client projects in manufacturing, logistics, digital twin scheduling, and AGV optimisation. That practical experience is what we bring into every training session.
Our approach: every course is taught live with real model-building exercises. We don't show you a finished model — you build one from scratch during the session, asking questions as you go. This produces engineers who can actually work independently in Simio, not just follow tutorials.
Why Simio?
Simio is an object-oriented, agent-based simulator — every vehicle, machine, and entity is an autonomous object with its own logic and behaviour. This makes it particularly well suited to intralogistics: AGVs, stacker cranes, forklifts, and conveyors are modelled as independent agents that route themselves, react to conditions, and interact naturally, rather than as tokens passing through a flowchart.
Vehicles as first-class objects
AGVs, forklifts, ASRS cranes — all modelled with their own routing logic, priority rules, and charge/load behaviour. No workarounds needed.
Scheduling built in
Simio's Risk-Based Planning (RPS) combines simulation and production scheduling in one model — variable order intake, shift patterns, and capacity constraints included.
Experiments built in
Run parameter studies, scenario comparisons, and automated optimisation directly in Simio — without external scripts or add-on tools.
Course options
Introduction to Simio
No prior simulation experience required. Build your first complete Simio model from scratch — objects, processes, data tables, animation, and results analysis.
Simio for Production & Logistics
The most common course for manufacturing and logistics engineers. Covers everything in the introduction, plus scheduling, ERP data integration, and digital twin connectivity.
Advanced Simio & Digital Twin
For engineers already comfortable with Simio who want to build live digital twin models, connect to production databases, and implement advanced scheduling logic.
Project-Specific Training
We use your actual model or project as the training vehicle. Fastest way to build practical Simio capability — participants learn directly on the work they'll be doing.
Simio Expert Consulting
Already building a Simio model and stuck on a specific problem? Book consulting hours with a SimulateFirst engineer — model review, architecture advice, debugging, or performance optimisation.
What the standard 3-day course covers
The Production & Logistics course — our most popular — is structured as follows. Online delivery splits this across 6 × 3-hour sessions over two weeks, which we find more effective than three consecutive full days.
| Module | Topics | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Foundations | Simio interface, project structure, Standard Library objects, entity flow, basic processes and expressions | Lecture + model build |
| 2 — Data & logic | Relational data tables, data-driven models, tokens, decision logic, conditional routing, worker assignments | Model build + exercises |
| 3 — Experiments | Replication, warm-up periods, confidence intervals, scenario comparisons, Pivot Grid results analysis | Exercises + discussion |
| 4 — Scheduling (RPS) | Risk-based planning introduction, connecting to production orders, capacity constraints, probabilistic output | Model build |
| 5 — Custom objects | Building custom objects and libraries, reusable model components, encapsulation, custom steps and events | Model build + exercises |
| 6 — Performance & review | Model performance optimisation, reducing run time, large-scale simulation patterns. Participant model review and Q&A. | Guided project work |
Delivery formats
Online (live): conducted over video call in sessions of 2–3 hours. Participants share screens, build models alongside the instructor, and ask questions in real time. No travel cost or time. No minimum group size — works for individuals.
On-site (Europe): instructor travels to your office. Full-day sessions. Best for groups of 2–5 where shared learning and discussion add value. Includes a site visit component if relevant to the course content.
Language: courses are available in English, German, and Polish.