Rockwell Automation Arena Basic Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 27)

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By clicking on the entries inside the category sections, you can view various types of
results from the simulation run. The following table illustrates some of the questions you
could answer from the Category Overview Report on our simple mortgage application
process simulation.
After you’ve browsed the Category Overview Report, you can close it by clicking on the
window icon to the left of the File menu and clicking Close. You can look at other reports
by clicking on their icons in the Project Bar. Each report will be displayed in its own win-
dow. To return to the model window, close all of the report windows or select the model
file from the Window menu.
After you have viewed the reports and returned to the model window, end the Arena run
session by clicking the End button.
Enhance the visualization process
Now that we’ve completed the basic steps for analyzing the mortgage application process,
we can return to our model and embellish the graphical animation to gain further insight
into the process dynamics. Animation also can be of great benefit in enticing others in the
organization to be interested in process improvement.
We’ll add two animation components to the mortgage model. First, we’ll show our
Mortgage Review Clerk working at a desk, either busy or idle. To gain a better sense of
how many applications are waiting in the Review Application process over time, we’ll
also add a dynamic plot of the work-in-process (WIP) simulation variable. Our Arena
model will appear as shown below after we add these two objects.
Question Report Section Answer
On average, how long did mortgage
applications spend in the modeled
process? Total Time (Entity), Average
column 16.51 hrs
What was the average cost of reviewing
a mortgage application? Total Cost (Entity), Average
column $22.99
What was the longest time an application
spent in review? Total Time (Process), Maximum
column 33.45 hrs
What was the maximum number of
applications waiting for review? Number Waiting (Queue),
Maximum column 21 applications
What proportion of time was the
Mortgage Review Clerk busy? Utilization (Resource), Average
column 97%