Entity
How do I Assemble Entities?
Attaching one or more entities to a base entity. Suggested Technique 1. Use a percentage or conditional routing to the...
How do I Create Entities?
One or more new entities are created or split off from another entity at an activity. (The values of any user-defined...
How do I Create Entities Under Certain Conditions?
Creation of a new entity occurs only under certain conditions. You can control whether or not an entity is created or...
How do I Reunite Entities?
Reunite or join one or more entities to the entity from which they were previously created or detached. Suggested Technique...
How do I Pick Up Entities?
The entity requesting the pickup is attached to the requested entity. Suggested Technique 1. Create a routing for the entity...
How do I Separate Entities?
Separating entities that were previously attached or picked up. If the entity never had another entity attached or never picked up...
How do I Sort Entities?
An activity that examines the name or some other attribute of an entity to determine how to route the entity for...
How do I Rename Entities during Simulation?
Changing the name of an entity at an arrival, activity, or move time (routing). The name is important because statistics are...
How do I add Constant Supply of Entities?
An arrival that supplies entities to the attached activity whenever that activity has the capacity to take more entities (any input...
How do I Use a Resource to Move Entities?
Routing an entity with the use of a resource (employee, machine, etc.). Suggested Technique Create the routing connection where the...
How do I Produce Entities on Demand?
Producing additional items when an in-process or finished goods storage has been depleted to a certain level. Useful for producing on...
How do I Pull Highest Priority Entities First from a Queue?
Pull entities out of a queue based on a priority by using a real or contrived resource as the enabler to...
What are the Cost Gathering Techniques?
ProcessModel and Activity-based Costing ProcessModel’s primary costing approach is Activity-based costing (ABC), a method of tracking operating costs directly associated with...