About Simulation Charts and the System Performance Monitor

The simulation charts and the work area use colors to identify the state of an element of the production system at a specific moment of the simulation.

The following table shows the colors and the state that they identify:

Color	State
	Idle (worker, robot, in zones) Empty (storage)
	Traveling (worker, robot)
	Processing (machine, conveyor) Partially full (storage)
	Waiting for input products (machine, conveyor, out zone)
	Waiting for output products (machine, conveyor, in zone) Full (storage)
	Failed

To display colors on resources and zones in the work area, select the State Highlighting check box in the Flow Simulation Options tab of the Simulation Options. For more information, see Common Services for Manufacturing Simulation Apps : Reference Information: Simulation Options Dialog Box: Flow Simulation.

Simulation charts appear when you click elements of the factory flow (resources, in an out zones) during simulation.

The System Performance Monitor simulation charts are a compilation of charts of the production system elements. They allow you to have an overview of the performance of the production system. You can access the System Performance Monitor by clicking System Performance Monitor at the right edge of the work area.

Depending on which options you set in the Flow Simulation Options tab of the Simulation Options dialog box, different tabs are available. To customize options for the System Performance Monitor, see Common Services for Manufacturing Simulation Apps : Reference Information: Simulation Options Dialog Box: Flow Simulation.

Charts such as the following ones appear in the System Performance Monitor:

Chart	Description
System Utilization	Indicates the state of each element of the production system. An icon below the horizontal axis identifies each element.
Overall Inventory	Blue section of the pie chart: indicates the total number of input products of the general production system. Red section of the pie chart: indicates the total number of output products of the production system.
System Specific Inventory	Blue bar: indicates the total number of input products for each element of the production system. Green bar: indicates the total number of output products for each element of the production system.
Cycle Time	Indicates the time required for the factory flow to complete.

The HTML report is a table generated from the simulation charts. It provides the detailed statistic values of the general production system and of its elements. You can export the report to XLS and ONE formats.

Below is an example of an HTML report generated from the System Performance Monitor. It contains several tables specific to in and out zones (Arrival & Dispatch), resources (Storage, Worker), and the general production system (Production).

You can access the HTML report by clicking Open HTML Report at the bottom of the simulation chart panels.

The States History command displays a simulation chart that shows the simulation statistics.

You can access the States History command in the right edge of the work area. The States History dialog box contains the following information:

Commands:

• Filter Resources: Allows you to define resources as either Available Resources or Tracked Resources.
  
  
• Export to XML: Allows you to export the chart data as an XML file and save it in the required location. When you open the saved file in a browser, it displays the values in XML format.
  
  

Plot Settings:

• Start Time: The time of the simulation where the chart begins.
• End Time: The time of the simulation where the chart ends.
• Apply: Applies your changes.
• Reset: Resets your changes to the original values.
• -1h: Goes back 1 hour from the current simulated time.
• -2h: Goes back 2 hours from the current simulated time.
• -4h: Goes back 4 hours from the current simulated time.
• -8h: Goes back 8 hours from the current simulated time.
• Fit in View: Fits the chart in the current window display size.

Legends: