Compute it, don't claim it
Tool comparisons without checkmark tables, calculations you can redo yourself, and use cases worked through end to end. Everything here can be verified, otherwise it isn't here.
- Comparison11 Sept 2026
Process mapping or process simulation? What each one can do
A process map ends half the misunderstandings in a workshop. The other half starts with the first numeric question, and there no diagram helps, whatever the notation.
Read - Comparison2 Sept 2026
Free process simulation software: seven tools and their real price
In simulation software, “free” means four different things: open source, free tier, education only, or trial period. The difference decides whether you may use the result in a client proposal.
Read - Comparison31 Aug 2026
Best process simulation software in 2026: twelve tools, honestly sorted
A ranking would be dishonest, because these tools solve different problems. What helps is a classification: what each is built for, where it stops, and which question it answers, including the case where none of them is needed.
Read - Comparison29 Aug 2026
AnyLogic alternatives: what you are replacing decides
AnyLogic does three things in one model that would otherwise take three tools. Anyone looking for an alternative must first say which of the three they actually use. Otherwise they trade depth for nothing.
Read - Comparison23 Aug 2026
Simul8 alternatives: three groups, and when each is right
People searching for a Simul8 alternative usually want one of three things: lower cost, less training, or a tool that fits administrative processes rather than the factory floor. Each reason has a different answer. For one of them, switching is the wrong fix.
Read - Comparison17 Aug 2026
Simulating a process in Visio: why it does not work and what to do instead
“Simulate a process in Visio” is one of the most common searches in the process field. The answer is no. What is more interesting is what somebody searching that way actually needs.
Read - Comparison13 Aug 2026
BPMN with simulation: what the notation can compute and what it cannot
“Our BPMN tool does simulation” means anything from a plausibility check to a full discrete-event engine, depending on the product. Five questions that tell the difference in ten minutes.
Read - Comparison11 Aug 2026
Process simulation software: four categories, four purposes
“Which tool should I buy?” is the wrong question. Software for business processes falls into four categories with four different purposes. Most bad purchases happen because someone bought from the wrong category.
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- Method9 Sept 2026
Discrete-event simulation for business processes
Discrete-event simulation jumps from event to event instead of advancing in time steps. Understanding why makes the three decisions that sink most models easier: distribution, warm-up, number of runs.
Read - Method4 Sept 2026
How to simulate a business process: eight steps, fully worked
The sequence matters more than the tool. Eight steps, a fully worked example, and the cross-check that tells you a queue is missing from your model.
Read - Method27 Aug 2026
Business process simulation: a practical guide
In an organisation, simulation is not a statistics project but a decision instrument. This guide covers which processes are worth it, what ends up on paper, what a first attempt looks like, and the four mistakes that cost most attempts.
Read - Method25 Aug 2026
What is process simulation? Definition, methods, limits
Process simulation executes a flow artificially instead of describing it. The difference is not academic: it decides whether you have an opinion about a change or a number.
Read - Method17 Aug 2026
Monte Carlo simulation for business processes: what it does and when it lies
Monte Carlo is not a magic word, it is systematic dice-rolling: the same process, hundreds of times, with different random draws each time. What comes out is not a number but a distribution. That is the whole point.
Read - Method17 Aug 2026
Reading P10, P50 and P90: where the average misleads you
Percentiles are not statistician's vanity; they are the only honest way to report a result that varies. Three numbers, three purposes. Plus three misreadings that routinely end up in decision papers.
Read - Method16 Aug 2026
Process costs in Excel: four mistakes that sink any business case
Nearly every business case for process improvement is built in Excel. And nearly every one contains the same four mistakes, not through carelessness, but because a spreadsheet structurally cannot represent certain things.
Read - Method14 Aug 2026
How to calculate a bottleneck: why 85 % utilisation is already too much
The bottleneck is not the longest step, it is the step with the highest utilisation. And waiting time does not grow linearly with utilisation. It explodes just before the limit. The maths behind it fits on one page.
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- Use case7 Sept 2026
Seven process simulations, worked through
Seven processes, seven models, seven findings, each with volumes, capacities and the lever that actually worked. In five of the seven it was not the one the project proposed.
Read - Use case17 Aug 2026
Invoice approval: why OCR does not halve your lead time
Invoice approval is the most automated administrative process. And the one where the promised savings most often fail to appear. A worked example model shows why.
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