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April 2008      

In This Issue
WITNESS 2008 Shipping Now & Upgrade Training
New Training Dates for 2008
New Educational Offer - 10 WITNESS User License for £250
WITNESS Hints & Tips
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Welcome to the April issue of Lannerwire - your newsletter from Lanner.

WITNESS 2008 is now shipping to all maintained customers. WITNESS is the world's leading business simulation system, and the range of improvements and new functionality make it more powerful than ever before. Further details about the release can be found in this edition of Lannerwire and on our website here.

We also provide you with details of new WITNESS upgrade training dates as well as updated Lanner course dates and locations, to help you get the most from your Lanner solution.

For educational users, we have an exciting new offer to give you unprecedented access to WITNESS software and tutorials at low prices.

You can view previous editions of Lannerwire here

Thanks-you

David Jones

CEO, Lanner

WITNESS 2008 SHIPPING NOW        

Witness 2008

WITNESS 2008 is now released and shipping has started to all maintained customers. The release offers a mix of improvements and new functionality with the key highlights being new continuous conveyors and sensors, the WITNESS Presentation Manager and grid editing for shifts, breakdown, setups and more. For a more comprehensive overview please follow this link:

WITNESS 2008 Overview

**WITNESS 2008 Upgrade Training - 15th May 08 - Booking Now**

2 extra upgrade training sessions for WITNESS 2008 have been announced. The sessions are taking place on the 15th May 2008 (AM & PM - 2 identical sessions). Registrations are brisk so book now to avoid disappointment.

Please e-mail Michelle on michelle.nason@lanner.com to arrange your place. The sessions are free to maintained customers.

NEW TRAINING DATES FOR 2008 - NOW BOOKING

With the new range and variety of WITNESS Training available there has never been a better time to enhance your knowledge of WITNESS and all the modules surrounding the core software.

  • All courses are delivered by experienced consultants
  • All courses include comprehensive notes designed for step by step explanation
  • All courses contain practical examples of topics covered
  • All courses are delivered with completed model examples to take away and keep

Upcoming Public Courses at our Headquarters in Redditch:

  • Using WITNESS with Excel (1 day course 14 May)
  • WITNESS Scenario Manager (1 day course 25 June)
  • WITNESS Optimizer (1 day course 11 June)
  • WITNESS Continuous Elements (1 day course 26 June)
  • WITNESS Virtual Reality (2 day course 12/13 June)
  • WITNESS Manufacturing Quick Start Course (2 day course 12/13 May & 23/24 June)
  • WITNESS Service and Process Quick Start Course (2 day course 9/10 June)
  • WITNESS Manufacturing Full Basic Course (5 days - 21-25 Apr, 2-6 June, 21-25 July)
  • WITNESS Service Full Basic Course (5 days - 19-23 May, 30 Jun-4 July)

Training Prices
Each one day course is offered at £525
WITNESS VR is offered at £1150
WITNESS Quick Start courses are offered at £1000
5 day basic training offered at £2250

Great Training Offer
For a choice of any 2 courses ordered at the same time there is a 10% discount.
All prices above are ex. VAT.
Private courses also available - please ask for a quotation.

To enquire or book on any of these courses please contact Michelle Nason on 01527 403400 or fill in the form online - full details on all courses and access to the enquiry form is at:

www.lanner.com/en/simulation_solutions/training.php

NEW EDUCATIONAL OFFER - 10 WITNESS USER LICENSE FOR £250

Please let me know at twaller@lanner.com

A range of new WITNESS educational offers is now available. Gold and Silver level support agreements now allow unprecedented access to WITNESS software and tutorials at low, low prices. Silver level starts at an annual rate of just £250 for a 10 user WITNESS network. Please email Tony Waller to enquire about these special offers on tony.waller@lanner.com or call Michelle Nason on 01527 403400.

WITNESS HINTS & TIPS

WITNESS Modelling Tip - Adjusting shifts for multiple elements

With WITNESS you can change the shift assigned to an element at any time using the AdjustShift command. This effects a temporary change until the end of the specified work or rest period when the shift expression for the element is re-evaluated. (for a permanent change Setshift can be used).

The reasons for reassigning shifts in this way are many and varied. Some reasons include the need to reassign the shifts of whole areas of a facility or process - for example the need to work overtime based on current work queues.

In the linked modelling tip below we show how a single function call can adjust the shifts for all elements within a chosen module and we provide a WITNESS mdl (module) file that you can import into any model to do the same.

Using AdjustShift for all elements within a module