Variables allow tracking of customized information critical to process improvement projects. Tracking the live count of items in the process, also known as Work-In-Process (WIP), has three steps.
Steps to Creating WIP Count
- Define a Global Variable of type Integer. For more information about defining a Global Variable, use the help topic “Declare a Global Variable.”
- Increment the variable at the start of the collection area.
- Decrement the variable at the end of the collection area.
Show the live value of the WIP during the simulation
In addition, to show the value of a variable during the simulation, search for the help topic “Displaying Custom Statistics on the Screen.”