A Decision Support Tool for Dofasco´s Primary Steelmaking Operations

Dofasco Inc. needed a dynamic decision support tool in order to evaluate its primary steelmaking operations. Before working with Rockwell Automation, Dofasco used spreadsheet models and smaller simulations to evaluate capital expenditures at its steel mill. It was determined that modeling all of Dofasco´s primary steel operations using Rockwell Software´s Arenareg coupled with an Excel user interface would allow Dofasco to perform various scenarios in a timely fashion. Through the use of modeling and simulation Dofasco was able to identify bottlenecks in its system, improve throughput by more efficient use of system resources, and understand the impact of proposed system changes before investing additional capital