Simulated Material Resources Analysis

The Material resource statistics window (Figure 1) is used to analyze statistical data on simulated material resources. The window can be viewed from:

• the Simulation Properties Window (see the Material Resource Statistics Tab article). Select the resource there and click on the View details hyperlink.
• the Simulated process statistics or Simulated sub-process statistics window (see the Material Resources Consumed Tab article). Select the resource there and click on the Material resource statistics hyperlink.

Figure 1. Material resource statistics window

Use the Processes tab (see Figure 1) to analyze properties of the material resources consumed during the simulation period. The tab properties are the same as those of the Material resources consumed tab. See the Material Resources Consumed Tab article for their detailed description.

Properties of the Processes tab can help you identify:

• processes whose task instances spent the longest time waiting for the sufficient number of material resource, and that led to the long processing time;
• processes whose task instances consumed the biggest number of the material resource that led to the high process costs (in case the material resource is expensive).

Select a process and click on the Process statistics hyperlink to open the Simulated process statistics or Simulated sub-process statistics window. See the Simulated Processes and Tasks Analysis article for details.

Use the Variables tab to analyze the change of variable instance values. You can analyze only variables defined for objects of the "Org units" and "Functional objects" repositories (Figure 2).

Figure 2. The Variables tab of the Material resource statistics window

Select the variable and click on the View details tab to open the Variable statistics window (see the Variable statistics hyperlink article).

Go to the Variables Values Analysis article to learn how to analyze the number of consumed material resources and produced products.