What a Pilot Looks Like
An illustrative overview of how a collaborative pilot engagement can work.
Because every material challenge and R&D workflow is unique, the exact structure of a pilot is shaped around the specific needs of each team. As a starting point, we often begin with a flexible, recommended 3-month pilot phase to assess how your use case can be explored using Simpal.
An illustrative progression typically looks like the following:
Phase 1: Needs Assessment & Consultation
We begin by establishing confidentiality and understanding your material focus areas:
- NDA Exchange: Executing bilateral NDAs before discussing proprietary chemistries or internal data.
- Material Consultation: Reviewing the materials currently in use, the formulations you are interested in developing, or potential substitutes you are evaluating.
- Target Properties: Identifying the specific property targets and performance criteria relevant to your application.
Phase 2: Virtual Samples & Assisted Testing
Based on the agreed scope, we work on setting up and running virtual evaluations:
- Virtual Sample Setup: The Simpal team develops digital representations corresponding to your candidate formulations.
- Assisted Virtual Testing: We assist your team in setting up computational tests and extracting initial property curves.
- Collaborative Calibration: Reviewing simulation outputs alongside any available reference data to ensure alignment.
Phase 3: Analysis & Experiment Planning
The final phase focuses on interpreting results and exploring next iterations:
- Results Review: Jointly examining the generated curves and data points with our team.
- Simpal AI Agent: The Simpal AI Agent is available to chat, help interpret findings, and discuss potential parameter adjustments.
- Planning Next Steps: Using the gathered insights to plan future virtual runs or guide physical lab experiments.
Tailored to Your Context
This outline serves as a reference framework. Timelines, milestone deliverables, and focus areas can be adjusted to fit your team's internal schedules and project priorities.