Designed for the new user, this three day course focuses on elements of understanding simulation technology and model building using ProModel, MedModel or ServiceModel, as appropriate for your industry. Includes the mechanics of model building and understanding how to analyze your data with the Output Viewer 3DR. This three-day course features hands-on model building and is designed to provide a solid foundation for future projects.

Prerequisites
• Basic computer skills
• Windows XP proficiency

Course Outline

Day One
Simulation and its purposes.
Using the Output Viewer 3DR to create charts and representations of data.
Experimenting with input factors and understanding their effects on the system.
Creating simple models in ProModel, MedModel, or ServiceModel.
Distributions and how they are used to add real-life variability to a simulation model.
Basic implementation of queues in ProModel, MedModel, or ServiceModel.
Using variables to track key metrics.

Day Two
Attributes
Programmatic decision logic
Static Resources
Graphics
Path Networks
Dynamic Resources
Downtimes

Day Three
User Distributions
Log statement
Using two or more routing rules
Entity joins
Shifts
Creating Scenarios
Troubleshooting Techniques

Building on the foundation of our Basic and Essentials courses, this two day course teaches the intermediate modeler advanced modeling techniques such as arrays and external files, simplification techniques, debugging and troubleshooting, logic tips, and subroutines. For the second day, the student will choose four to six modules of more advanced training topics, such as: load and unload, arrival patterns, queues and conveyors, or AGV concepts. Day One of this course is designed to be universal to all industries (appropriate for ProModel, MedModel, and ServiceModel users alike). Day Two may contain industry specific techniques, based on your module selections.

Format
The course is designed to be an in-depth, two-day course focused on hands-on implementation of advanced modeling techniques. You will learn the techniques and features for modeling a variety of real-world situations through a series of practical exercises, demonstrations, and lectures.

Prerequisites
• Windows XP Proficiency
• Successful completion of any one of the following courses:
– Simulation Essentials
– ProModel Basics
– MedModel Basics
– ServiceModel Basics

Course Outline
• Hands-on modeling
• Shortcuts and useful commands for building and modifying models
• Troubleshooting tips and debugging techniques
• Code optimization and flexible modeling
• Subroutines
• Day Two Modules (selected from the modules below):

Modules
This course is presented in a modular format to allow focus on the areas that will meet the modeling needs specific to the students of each class. Instruction modules will be selected from the following:

AGV Concepts
Model automated guided vehicle systems, fork trucks, flexible manufacturing systems. Learn about resource logic, work search, park search, mapping and priorities.

Arrival Patterns
External arrival files, random individual arrivals, cycle arrivals, demand driven arrivals, appointment arrivals.

Balking and Reneging
Balking is the action of approaching a line or waiting area and deciding not to get into the line. Reneging is the action of getting out of a queue after waiting for a period of time. Learn techniques for modeling these types of situations.

Continuous flow modeling
Model continuous systems with a discrete event simulator. The basics of how to model continuous flow systems such as petroleum refinement plants, fluid production, or textile production.

Conveyors and Queues
Learn to model specific types of conveyors such as bucket and onboard, and gain more understanding of traditional conveyors. Understand the differences between using queues and conveyors. Includes tips for determining the shortest queue length.

Cranes
Define bridges, rails, hoists, crane envelope and coordinates. Understand crane priorities.

Customized Reports
Use subroutines and external files to gather and present specific report data in Excel. Work with saved views and advanced features of the new and improved Output Viewer 3DR.

Flexible Process Routing
Tips for reduction of tedious data entry. Covers useful applications of Ent( ), Entity( ), Res( ), Resource( ), Loc( ), and Location( ). Includes use of entity attributes and location attributes.

Introduction to ActiveX
How to control ProModel from an external program such as Excel.

Load and Unload
Advanced applications of the Load and Unload commands. Model a transport system, and allow resources to pick up and drop off multiple entities. Includes loading by entity size.

Optimization
Design your models for scenario analysis using optimization software. This is an introduction to SimRunner and OptQuest.

Everything you need to know to get started with Process Simulator. This introductory class teaches how to effectively use Process Simulator, our Visio based simulation tool. Attendees will use Process Simulator to build simulation models, add simulation properties to existing Visio flowcharts, define and run multiple scenarios to determine the best process design, and analyze process performance by viewing summary statistics, bar charts, histograms, and time-series graphs of key process performance indicators.

This is a live, instructor led , interactive training. It is usually an 8 hour online course, typically taught in two four hour blocks on consecutive days.