The IQA Lean Copilot simulates the impact of any production change directly on the Digital Value Stream — no simulation model needed, in real time.
The IQA Lean Copilot makes scenario analysis available to anyone involved in production improvement — without modeling expertise, without a separate simulation tool, and without setup effort. Because the Digital Value Stream Twin already reflects the real structure of production, scenarios can be defined and evaluated immediately, directly within the familiar value stream environment.
Changes in demand, product mix, cycle times, capacities, or staffing can be evaluated directly on the existing value stream, and their impact on throughput, WIP, and bottlenecks becomes immediately visible. This is what makes value stream design data-driven rather than experience-driven: instead of designing the future state based on assumptions, teams can compare different configurations and make informed decisions about where and how the value stream needs to change.
In traditional improvement work, evaluating the impact of a proposed change often takes days - gathering data, building a case, running it past specialists. With the IQA Lean Copilot, scenarios are evaluated directly on real production data and results are available immediately. What used to take days can now happen in a single working session, keeping improvement work moving at the pace production actually requires.
The Digital Value Stream Twin already represents the actual structure and performance of production, so it serves directly as the simulation model. Scenarios can be defined and evaluated on this existing foundation immediately, without configuration, without specialist involvement, and without setup time.
The IQA Lean Copilot evaluates the impact of changes to cycle times, setup times, and machine availability directly within the value stream. The impact of individual process improvements on output and throughput time become immediately visible - before any measure is implemented.
The IQA Lean Copilot assesses how changes in customer demand or product mix affect value stream performance. Capacity requirements, WIP levels, and emerging bottlenecks become visible before the change reaches the shop floor.
The IQA Lean Copilot evaluates the impact of different shift models, machine capacity configurations, and headcount on output and throughput times - supporting concrete resource decisions without relying on gut feel or spreadsheet estimates.
When evaluating any scenario, the IQA Lean Copilot shows how bottlenecks shift as a result - which constraints are relieved, where new ones emerge, and how the overall flow changes. This makes the bottleneck implications of any change visible before it is implemented.
Live digital value stream from existing production data - for continuous value stream analysis.
Integrated analyses to reduce bottlenecks, cut WIP, improve OEE and schedule adherence.
Autonomous AI-based monitoring, proactive alerts and actionable guidance.