Simul8 Tip: How to easily capture the “Jobs per Hour”
Brian Harrington / Sep 27, 2013
An easy way to get a descriptive representation of the throughput of your simulation is to use a “dwell buffer” of 60 minutes. This will create a graph that represents the “Jobs per Hour”, “Units Produced per Hour”, or “Customers per Hour”, etc, out of your entire simulation. The best part is that this can be done in just 3 easy steps!
- Just add a Queue with “Minimum Wait Time” set to 60 minutes.
- Then you will need an Activity with its Cycle Time set to Zero, to pull the units out of the buffer.
- Then examine the Results > Graph of your Queue!
You can validate your findings against the equation: Net JPH = Number of Units Produced/[Results Collection Period-Warm Up Period]
To download Brian’s example simulation, simply click on the screenshot below!
About the author
Brian Harrington
Brian Harrington is a Six Sigma Black Belt with 20 years operations research and simulation experience at Ford Motor Company. He designs and implements manufacturing process improvements which incorporate many conflicting objectives such as robust, flexible, and lean systems. As part of FMC’s “Advanced Manufacturing Team” he has expertise in several simulation packages, including over 20 years with SIMUL8.