Author
Joe Hugan
I’ve been in the simulation industry since 1984. In the past I have used Witness, GPSS, QUEST, and AutoMod for traditional discrete event simulation. Currently, I am focused on PLC emulation using V-Sim to validate ladder logic prior to commissioning control systems. I have been a simulation user, sold simulation software, managed software development teams, and launched two separate software products (QUEST and V-Sim). I have been personally involved in over 400 simulation projects that include the automotive, warehousing, consumer goods, military, aerospace, and transportation industries. I have a Bachelors in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and an MBA in Marketing.
Most of you may know me from the Winter Simulation Conference. I was on the committee this year as the Business Chair and I am the General Chair for 2010 when the conference will be in Baltimore.
Jack P.C. Kleijnen said,
January 25, 2008 at 4:25 am
Great initiative!
Vikram Ramnath said,
January 25, 2008 at 7:52 am
To err is human
To simulate divine
arenasimulasi said,
January 26, 2008 at 11:52 am
Hope you can share more about warehousing & logistics simulation.
joehugan said,
January 26, 2008 at 7:18 pm
thanks for stopping by…. I have done a lot of warehousing and logistics modeling. I am sure it will come up often in the conversations.
Roberto Revetria said,
January 28, 2008 at 4:24 am
A great initiative!
Sincerely
RR
Jeffrey Hebert said,
January 28, 2008 at 7:48 am
Great site. Thanks for the start of a Sim Blog. I have played with V-Sim some. I mainly do Emulation with PLC in the baggae world for airports. We currently use PIC’S at the moment. When ask what i do, Some people think i do Airplane Simulatior. I have been using PICS for 5 years now.
Paul Nutter said,
January 28, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Looks great Joe!!!!
Would you have any inerest in being involved with the SME Simulation Technical Group, or maybe giving a webinar?
Paul
joehugan said,
January 28, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Sure - email me or give me a call. Jason has the info if you can’t find my details.
Bob Sharak said,
February 7, 2008 at 6:04 am
First let me say, great to see a blog like this. I work for a regional economic development organization that is helping develop the M&S industry in the Hampton Roads region of Southeastern Virginia.
One of our great challenges is that outside of certain industries, our main one here is the military, M&S is relatively unknown and unused. I’m not talking spreadsheets and what ifs - but real sims with strong visualizations.
What I would like to see in future posts is discussion of the many uses of M&S - written for the M&S user and not the developer. Maybe that needs to be a different blog but that’s something sorely lacking for this industry to take off the way it could. I’d like something to direct people to when they ask - “what’s M&S.”
I’ve developed an M&S user group in google for things M&S in our region. Anyone interested can e-mail me for access - it’s not a public forum.
Bob
joehugan said,
February 7, 2008 at 8:15 am
Thanks for the feedback. I have done a number of very strong visual models in the past. I’ll find some time to discuss them generically in future posts.