Dear mr./mrs. I am doing a research on business process simulation tools. I was wondering if there was someone who could give me some answers on the following attributes of the aris simulation tool.
Programming flexibility: possible/not possible
Access to source code: possible/not possible
use of global variables: possible/not possible
Integration with spreadsheet packages: possible/not possible
Integration with statistical packages: possible/not possible
Integrationwith DBMS: possible/not possible
Integrationwith legacyapplications, ERP: possible/not possible
Integrationwith WFM systems, BAM systems: possible/not possible
Documentation: provided/ not provided
Tutorial: provided/ not provided
Consultancy Training course: possible/not possible
Package maintenance: provided/ not provided
Demo models,libraries: provided/ not provided
update frequence:
repository: possible/not possible
Age of package : high/ medium/ low
Spread of package: high/ medium/ low
Reputation of supplier: high/ medium/ low
Availability of references: high/ medium/ low
Experience and education required for software use: needed/not needed
Ease of learning: high/ medium/ low
Simulation modelling approach (process based, activity based, etc.):
User defined output : possible/not possible
Periodic output of simulation results: possible/not possible
What-if-analysis: possible/not possible
Conclusion-making support: provided/ not provided
Optimization: possible/not possible
Thank you in advance!