Simlog
Simlog is a Canadian company headquartered in Montreal that has become the world-wide reference in cost-effective PC-based simulation for training operators of heavy equipment in forestry.[1], mining[2], construction[3], and material handling[4] all around the world.
Customers include high schools[5], community colleges[6], correctional centers[7], and organizations that own and operator heavy equipment[8].
History[edit]
Simlog's story began in 1994 at CRIM[9], a research institute in information technologies. The challenge was to develop new simulation technology to help train people to operate mechanized logging equipment as part of an R&D research project sponsored by forest-industry stakeholders.
After four years and multiple field trials involving hundreds of people, it was clear that when operators prepared first at the simulator before "graduating" to real equipment, they worked more safely and more productively in the woods. With increased revenue (from harvesting more wood) and reduced costs (due to fewer accidents damaging real equipment), the return on investment was evident to all.
These results, along with a special Innovation Prize, set the stage in 1999 for the project leaders to leave CRIM and co-found Simlog to commercialize the simulator prototype, with local forestry schools as first customers. The company name Simlog is a blend of Simulation and Logiciel, the French word for software.
Since then, Simlog has moved into three other industry sectors: construction, mining, and material handling, with products that promote what is now called deliberate practice[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Experience with Simulator-Based Help for Operator Training at CFP Mont-Laurier", World Forest Engineering Annual Conference, 2 October 2017
- ↑ "A Personal Approach to Operator Training", Quarries and Mines Magazine, Number 15, 2014
- ↑ "Using Simulators in Crane and Rigging Training: it's not just for beginners", Crane & Rigging and Industrial Crane & Hoist Joint Annual Conference, 3 December 2014
- ↑ "Success Factors for Training Forklift Operators", 74th International CEA Summer Conference, 30 July 2019
- ↑ "Heavy Metal: students working simulators to later work big equipment", Summerville Journal Scene, 27 August 2018
- ↑ "Using Technology to Support Learning", Association of Canadian Community Colleges Annual Conference, 4 June 2011
- ↑ School at detention center arms students with vocational training", NJTV/NPR online video, 26 June 2019
- ↑ "Simlog safely trains heavy equipment operators", El Paso Water District online video, 12 December 2018
- ↑ Computer Research Institute of Montreal
- ↑ "Deliberate Practice and Simulation", Association of Career and Technical Education's Annual CareerTech Vision Conference, 1 December 2018
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