Case Study: General Dynamics NASSCO achieves 75% lower analysis labor costs with AnyLogic

General Dynamics NASSCO - Customer Case Study

General Dynamics NASSCO, the West Coast’s largest new construction shipyard, needed a better way to analyze capacity and production flow across hundreds of thousands of parts, labor resources, machinery, and workspace. Traditional spreadsheet methods were too limited to capture the complexity of shipbuilding throughput, so NASSCO turned to AnyLogic simulation software as part of its custom Large Scale Computer Simulation Modeling System for Shipbuilding (LSMSe).

Using AnyLogic, NASSCO built a full shipyard simulation model with supporting software for facilities, processes, scheduling, labor, and optimization. The result was a 75% reduction in recurring analysis labor costs, along with far more detailed capacity insights. With AnyLogic, NASSCO can identify bottlenecks, improve labor assignments, and right-size facilities, potentially saving millions of dollars through better planning and capital decisions.

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