Assignment:
Analyzing the current process design
a) Draw a flow chart over the X-ray process. The flowchart should describe the process in detail. A careful documentation and a good understanding of the process will make it easier to build the simulation model in phase.
b) Develop a simulation model of the process.
The model requires analysis of input data regarding the arrival process of non-emergency patients ( using JMP or excel)
• Modeling hint: For batching and un-batching, use the blocks "Batch" and "Unbatch" from the Discrete Event Library with the option "Preserve uniqueness" checked.
• Modeling hint: Build the model incrementally based on your flowchart, do not try to put everything together at once and then test if it works.
• As a first check that everything works as supposed to it is often useful to run a shorter simulation with animation. Use different symbols for different types of items, for example different types of labor and different types of jobs.
c) As a first cut analysis, run a 1 day simulation with Random seed=100, using the correct activity time distributions. Look at the average cycle time, the throughput, the resource, the queue and the activity statistics. What seems to be the problems in this process?