The cycle-time functionality enables you to generate and collect a variety of useful metrics regarding the amount of time that material spends "in process," as it moves through a conserved flow chain. Such metrics can be valuable in a variety of modeling contexts. In particular, cycle-time metrics can be of value when you are engaged in a process re-engineering or process improvement effort. The clear, unambiguous cycle-time metrics provided by the software can help you, both in diagnosing process problems, and in testing and evaluating proposed alternatives.
The topics in this section document the cycle-time functionality. It is divided into three parts:
Cycle Time concepts provides an overview of the cycle-time concepts incorporated into the software.
Incorporating cycle-time into models walks you through a simple process for putting cycle-time into a model. In so doing, the second section provides an overview of the Builtin cycle-time functions.
Cycle-Time Rules details the "rules" of cycle-time for a main chain with multiple flows and for a Sub-model, and briefly discusses the changes in internal calculations which are brought about when cycle-time is brought into play.
Each cycle-time Builtin function is documented extensively in Cycle-time builtins in the Builtins section.