Model Types and Data Requirements
The Production Optimizer enables users to map, model, simulate, analyze, and optimize flows and / or stocks that are a...
Schedule (Work Calendar)
A schedule is a period of time that is assigned to process centers, workgroups and stock points. The schedule “period”...
Process Centers
Process centers represent the entities that are used to produce products or perform services in a production system. A process...
Process Steps
A process step (or operation) is an activity performed on one or more products. It includes both the actual process...
Work Groups
A Work Group is a group of people with similar skill sets that can work on one or more products....
Unit of Measure and Unit of Measure Conversions
Unit of Measure A unit of measure (UOM) represents the type of items moving through a product flow. A UOM...
Product Flows
A Flow is a collection of production or service routings or a collection of demand streams. A Flow represents materials...
Stock Points
A stock point is a place at the beginning or end of a routing or group of routings where inventory...
Routings
A routing is a sequence of process steps (operations) that transform an item. The Production Optimizer automatically generates routings each...
Route Properties
Route Properties enable a user to assign move time between process steps in a routing. To Edit Route Properties From...
Items
Items are the physical (and non-physical) entities that flow through the production system. Depending on the production system type, the...
Item Routings
Item Routings are used to inform the modeling software on which routings to direct the flow of each item. Within...
Bill of Materials
A bill of material is a formally structured list for an object (semi-finished or finished product or service) which lists...
Optimization Parameters
Optimization Parameters are used to support the Production Optimizer's Value Modeling analysis module. To Edit Optimization Parameters: Open the Data...
Scenarios
Scenarios enable a user to perform multiple tests on the same model by fluctuating model inputs. The inputs currently available...
Resource Pool
A Resource is a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by...
Simulation Parameters
The Simulation Parameters menu is used to define the number of iterations to run the simulation and the length of...