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USER’S GUIDEPUBLICATION ARENAB-UM001H-EN-P–November 2007Supersedes Publication ARENAB-UM001G-EN-PArena®BasicARENAB-UM001H-EN-P_Ttlepage 11/30/07 3:4

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE4• • • • •download page where you can check for possible software updates (patches). If you can’t find the answer

522 • Getting StartedGetting StartedIntroductionWhile you may not realize it quite yet, you now have the power to transform your business. Whenever yo

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE6• • • • •The Arena modeling environmentIf Arena is not already running, start it from the Windows Start menu and

2 • GETTING STARTED7• • • • •2 • Getting StartedIn the model window, there are two main regions. The flowchart view will contain all of your model

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE8• • • • •Process the applicationsNext in our flowchart is a Process module that represents the Review Application

2 • GETTING STARTED9• • • • •2 • Getting StartedNote: If no connection appears between Create and Process, click the Object > Connect menu item

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE10• • • • •Decide whether applications are completeAfter the Process, we have a Decide module which determines whe

2 • GETTING STARTED11• • • • •2 • Getting Started2. Drag a Dispose module to the right of the Decide module. Arena will connect it to the primary

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE12• • • • •Define model dataNow that we’ve drawn the basic flowchart for our mortgage application process, let’s d

2 • GETTING STARTED13• • • • •2 • Getting StartedReview application (Process module)Remember that as we create the flowchart, we’re looking at the

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ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE14• • • • •For our Review Application process, we’ll use a minimum time of 1 hour, most likely value of 1.75 hours

2 • GETTING STARTED15• • • • •2 • Getting Started5. In the Resource Name field of the Resource dialog box, type Mortgage Review Clerk.6. Click OK

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE16• • • • •3. For the Percent True field, type 88 to define the percent of entities that will be treated with a “T

2 • GETTING STARTED17• • • • •2 • Getting Started4. Click OK to close the dialog box.Mortgage review clerk (Resource module)Along with our flowcha

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE18• • • • •Prepare for the simulationTo make the model ready for simulation, we’ll specify general project informa

2 • GETTING STARTED19• • • • •2 • Getting StartedAs the simulation progresses, you’ll see small entity pictures resembling pages moving among the

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE20• • • • •You also can step through the simulation one event at a time. Pause the simulation, then click the Step

2 • GETTING STARTED21• • • • •2 • Getting StartedBy clicking on the entries inside the category sections, you can view various types of results fr

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE22• • • • •Note: You can toggle between the split view (flowchart and spreadsheet) and a full-screen view of eithe

2 • GETTING STARTED23• • • • •2 • Getting StartedAnimate the mortgage review clerk resourceDuring the simulation run, our Mortgage Review Clerk re

iii1 • Welcome to Arena Basic Edition 1What is Arena Basic Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE24• • • • •8. If you’d like to have the clerk appear a bit larger, select the picture and use the resize handles t

2 • GETTING STARTED25• • • • •2 • Getting StartedPlot the number of applications in-processOur second animation enhancement is a plot of how many

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE26• • • • •With the edits complete, you may want to save them by clicking Save or pressing Ctrl+S.Rerun the simula

2 • GETTING STARTED27• • • • •2 • Getting StartedNext stepsYou’ve succeeded in modeling, simulating, visualizing, and analyzing a simple mortgage

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2933 • Basic Process PanelThe Basic Process PanelThis chapter describes the flowchart and data modules that you’ll use to model your process. Addition

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE30• • • • •Dispose moduleDESCRIPTIONThis module is intended as the ending point for entities in a simulation model

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL31• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelProcess moduleDESCRIPTIONThis module is intended as the main processing method in the

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE32• • • • •Delay Type Type of distribution or method of specifying the delay parameters. Constant and Expression r

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL33• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelProcess module — Resource dialogPROMPTSPrompt DescriptionType Specification of a part

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDEiv• • • • •How do I use Rulers and Guides? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE34• • • • •Decide moduleDESCRIPTIONThis module allows for decision-making processes in the system. It includes opt

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL35• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelBatch moduleDESCRIPTIONThis module is intended as the grouping mechanism within the s

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE36• • • • •PROMPTSSeparate moduleDESCRIPTIONThis module can be used to either copy an incoming entity into multipl

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL37• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelPROMPTSAssign moduleDESCRIPTIONThis module is used for assigning new values to variab

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE38• • • • •PROMPTSRecord moduleDESCRIPTIONThis module is used to collect statistics in the simulation model. Vario

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL39• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelPROMPTSPrompt DescriptionName Unique module identifier displayed on the module shape.

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE40• • • • •Data modulesData modules are the set of objects in the spreadsheet view of the model that define the ch

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL41• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelQueue moduleDESCRIPTIONThis data module may be utilized to change the ranking rule fo

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE42• • • • •Resource moduleDESCRIPTIONThis data module defines the resources in the simulation system, including co

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL43• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelVariable moduleDESCRIPTIONThis data module is used to define a variable’s dimension a

CONTENTSv• • • • •Distribute the Process Simulation add-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Publish process maps o

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE44• • • • •TYPICAL USES Number of documents processed per hour Serial number to assign to parts for unique ident

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL45• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelPatterns. (For more details, refer to the section entitled “Calendar schedule informa

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE46• • • • •Set moduleDESCRIPTIONThis data module defines various types of sets, including resource, counter, tally

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL47• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelCalendar schedule informationTime Pattern DESCRIPTIONA Time Pattern defines a series

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE48• • • • •Duration The length of this time pattern, which establishes the period in which the time pattern will r

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL49• • • • •3 • Basic Process PanelCalendar Exceptions DESCRIPTIONAn Exception defines a value that is to be applied for

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE50• • • • •Calendar States DESCRIPTIONA Calendar State defines a name that can be used in place of a numeric value

5144 • Using Visio and ArenaUsing Visio and ArenaIntroductionSince the mid-1980s, Business Process Improvement (BPI) and simulation have become leadin

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE52• • • • •Start a drawingBefore opening the Visio stencil, it is necessary to have an administrator on the machin

4 • USING VISIO AND ARENA53• • • • •4 • Using Visio and ArenaPlace and connect shapesTo define the process flow portion of your model, drag and dr

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ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE54• • • • •Enter custom propertiesWhen you place shapes from the Process Simulation stencil, default names appear

4 • USING VISIO AND ARENA55• • • • •4 • Using Visio and ArenaThe property values that you define via the custom dialog boxes are stored with the i

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE56• • • • •If multiple problems are detected, each will be listed with a description and, in the case of invalid o

4 • USING VISIO AND ARENA57• • • • •4 • Using Visio and Arenatranslates your Visio process map into an Arena simulation model. When the process is

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE58• • • • •throughout your organization so that everyone who has an interest in the process defini-tion can access

59AA • Statistical DistributionsStatistical DistributionsArena contains a set of built-in functions for generating random numbers from the com-monly u

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE60• • • • •To enter a distribution in an Arena field, you type the name of the distribution (or its four-letter ab

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS61• • • • •A • Statistical DistributionsBeta(β, α)BETA(Beta, Alpha)Shape parameters Beta (β) and Alpha (α) specified

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE62• • • • •ContinuousCONTINUOUS(CumP1, Val1, . . ., CumPn, Valn) (c1, x1,. . ., cn,xn)The CONTINUOUS function in A

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS63• • • • •A • Statistical Distributions(xj–1, xj] with probability cj – cj–1; given that it is in this interval, it

111 • WelcomeWelcome to Arena Basic EditionWhat is Arena Basic Edition?Arena Basic Edition software lets you bring the power of modeling and simulatio

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE64• • • • •DiscreteDISCRETE(CumP1, Val1, . . ., CumPn, Valn) (c1, x1, . . ., cn, xn)The DISCRETE function in Arena

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS65• • • • •A • Statistical DistributionsErlang(β, k)ERLANG(ExpMean, k) or ERLA(ExpMean, k) If X1, X2, . . . , Xk are

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE66• • • • •Exponential(β)EXPONENTIAL(Mean) or EXPO(Mean) The mean (β) specified as a positive real number.[0, + ββ

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS67• • • • •A • Statistical DistributionsGamma(β, α)GAMMA(Beta, Alpha) or GAMM(Beta, Alpha) Shape parameter (α) and sc

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE68• • • • •JohnsonJOHNSON(Gamma, Delta, Lambda, Xi) or JOHN(Gamma, Delta, Lambda, Xi) Gamma shape parameter (γ), D

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS69• • • • •A • Statistical DistributionsLognormal(μ, σ)LOGNORMAL(LogMean, LogStd) or LOGN(LogMean, LogStd) Mean LogMe

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE70• • • • •lognormal random variable X, but rather the mean and standard deviation of the normal random variable l

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS71• • • • •A • Statistical DistributionsNormal(μ, σ)NORMAL(Mean, StdDev) or NORM(Mean, StdDev) The mean (μ) specified

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE72• • • • •Poisson(λ)POISSON(Mean) or POIS(Mean)The mean (λ) specified as a positive real number.{0, 1, . . .}λλT

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS73• • • • •A • Statistical DistributionsTriangular(a, m, b)TRIANGULAR(Min, Mode, Max) or TRIA(Min, Mode, Max)The mini

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE2• • • • •Where can I go for help?Our commitment to your success starts with the suite of learning aids and assist

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE74• • • • •Uniform(a, b)UNIFORM(Min, Max) or UNIF(Min, Max) The minimum (a) and maximum (b) values for the distrib

A • STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS75• • • • •A • Statistical DistributionsWeibull(β, α)WEIBULL(Beta, Alpha) or WEIB(Beta, Alpha) Shape parameter (α) an

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE76• • • • •The Weibull distribution is widely used in reliability models to represent the lifetime of a device. If

77BB • Shapes and SymbolsLibrary Shapes and SymbolsArena .plb picture filesArena’s picture libraries (*.plb files) contain images that you may use for

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE78• • • • •Arena .plb librariesThe list of standard Arena picture libraries includes: Buldings.plb Equipment.plb

B • LIBRARY SHAPES AND SYMBOLS79• • • • •B • Shapes and SymbolsThe basic operation of Symbol Factory simply requires you to select an object from

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81Index IndexNumerics2-way chance  342-way condition  34AActiveX support  51adding plots to the model  25animating resources  23animation 

ARENA BASIC EDITION USER’S GUIDE82• • • • •disposing  30duplicating  36what are they?  13Entity module  40entity picture sets  46entity

INDEX83• • • • •Index Ssample models  2saving your model  18Schedule module  44Separate module  36Set module  46sets definition  46si

1 • WELCOME TO ARENA BASIC EDITION3• • • • •1 • WelcomeAccess the Arena Symbol FactoryArena animations can be enhanced using Arena Symbol Factory’

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