General Description This model represents a warehouse. The general process flow is as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Products are generated and processed at the finish machine. A forklift picks up the products for storage. A second forklift picks up the stored products from the storages to the shipping dock. Products are loaded into a truck for shipment.

* This example uses a subclassed server MyServer. Detailed Description Initializing the Storage Areas We initialize the Storage Areas with and Initial WIP. Each storage area has its Initial WIP defined in a table, Table1. To create these entities at the beginning of the run, we add a OnRunInitialized Process in the Process window. The process searches Table1, creating a seperate token for each row. These tokens exit through the found branch and create the amount of Product defined in the InitialWIP column. Then we assign a small processing time, signifiying this product has already been stored for a period of time. And then we transfer to the storage areas. Storing the Product The warehouse contains 12 storage areas. The products are picked up by a forklift after being processed by the Finish machine, which is a Server. The forklift knows where to drop the products by setting PickUp node Entity Destination Type to Select From List where the list includes the input nodes of the storages. The drop off is done randomly by setting the Selection Goal to Random. Storage Areas As the storages share the same processing time, initial capacity and external view, we decide to model these storages as a subclassed server MyServer to avoid repetitive value settings. The External View and the default values for the ProcessingTime and IntialCapacity properties were altered in the MyServers Definitions tab, Properties panel, so that when placed in the model, it is prepopulated with the correct values and symbol. Shipping The products are picked up from the storages by a second forklift that delivers them to the shipping truck. The forklift is triggered through setting the storage areas output nodes Ride on Transporter property to True. The products are dropped off at a Server with zero processing time where they are loaded onto a conveyor to the shipping station that is modeled as a Sink. Useful Tips Note the use of polylines to define the path decorator of the forklifts circuits.