Plant Simulation
Plant Simulation Basics, Methods and Strategies
Plant Simulation Basics, Methods and Strategies
course code
user level
duration
TR46101
Beginner
5 days
The Plant Simulation Basics, Methods and Strategies course introduces users of Plant Simulation professional, standard, or application licenses to Plant Simulation and its basic functionality. Students will learn how to build, run and evaluate simulation models. The definition of custom logic (methods) will also be discussed.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Individuals who would like to become Plant Simulation users
PREREQUISITES
Required courses:
- Familiarity with Windows environment
- Knowledge of discrete event simulation suggested
PROVIDED COURSE MATERIALS
- Student Guide
- Activity Material
PRIMARY COURSE TOPICS
- Basic Plant Simulation interface
- Object-oriented modeling strategies
- Basics of material flow objects
- Hierarchy, icons, and inheritance
- Modeling buffers, assembly lines and roads, Kanban, and failures
- Resource objects (i.e. workers and shift calendars)
- Resource objects (i.e. workers, shift calendars, foot paths, etc.)
- Basic conveying systems (length-oriented objects)
- Other objects (i.e. Information objects, User Interface object, mobile units)
- Sankey, bottleneck analyzer, and experiment manager basics
- Customizing object logic (Method creation)
- Methods for data collection and evaluation
- Methods for interfaces (Excel, DDE, basics of other interfaces)
- Data acquisition from external files and systems
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