Simulating a Resource Failure

You can create and simulate a failure on a resource (conveyors, NC machines, and industrial machines only) to estimate its impact on factors such as throughput or repair costs.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Define Failure Dialog Box
Edit Failure Dialog Box
About Simulation Charts and the System Performance Monitor

Create a Failure

You can create a failure on a mobile resource and define repair parameters to fix the failure.

  1. From the Programming section of the action bar, click Add Failure .
  2. Select a mobile resource, such as a worker or a robot.
  3. In the Define Failure dialog box, define any of the following parameters such as:
    • Schedule mode
    • Start Mode
    • End Mode
    • Failure Name
    • Duration
  4. In the Repair area, define any of the following parameters such as:
    • Repair Name
    • Time to Repair
  5. Click OK.

You have created the failure on the selected resource.

Edit a Failure

You can edit the parameters of a failure using Edit Failure.

  1. From the Programming section of the action bar, click Edit Failure .
  2. Select a resource that has a failure assigned.
  3. Optional: If more than one failure is assigned to the resource, select the failure to edit in the Select Failure dialog box.
  4. In the Edit Failure dialog box, edit any of the required parameters and click OK.

You have updated the failure with your modifications.

Remove a Failure

You can remove a failure from a resource using Delete Failure.

  1. From the Programming section of the action bar, click Delete Failure .
  2. Select a resource that has a failure assigned.
  3. In the Delete Failure dialog box, select the failure to delete, and click OK.

The failure is no longer assigned to the resource.

Simulate a Failure

You can simulate a failure and collect statistics such as repair time.

  1. Click the Play option on the Compass and in select Discrete Event Simulation from My Play Experiences.
    The factory flow is simulated.
  2. Click a resource and expand the Chart Details area in the panel that appears.

    A red area represents the failure state time. Information on the failure state time appears when you hover over the red area.

  3. Optional: Click Open HTML Report .
    A panel appears with detailed information on the failure.

    Note: You can also view worker, production, and failure impact statistics in the HTML Report. You can further view failure statistics in the Global HTML Report and the States History Gantt chart.

Specify Machines Impacted by a Failure

You can specify which NC machines are impacted by a failure in the Define Failure dialog box to stop them at the end of their activity.

  1. Click the Add Failure command in the Programming section of the action bar and select a resource.
  2. In the Impacted Machines section of the Define Failure dialog box, click the Add command, then select the NC machine in the tree or the main 3D.
    The selected NC machine is added to the list under Impacted Machines.

    At the time of failure, the NC machine will enter the Failed state. When a failure occurs, all the impacted NC machines listed stop at the end of their current activity and will enter the Stopped state.

    Note: You can remove any NC machine from the list by clicking the Remove command in the dialog box.
  3. Click Open HTML Report .
    A panel appears with detailed information on the failure.

  4. Click the impacted NC machine and expand the Chart Details area in the panel that appears.
    The Chart Details panel shows the stop time when you hover over the red area.

  5. Select the impacted NC machine in the tree and click the Gantt definition for Machine .
    The panel shows sequencing for the impacted NC machine.

You have specified NC machines impacted by a failure.