Routing
What is Routing?
Routings, the connectors between activities (and storages), define the direction and conditions for entity flow. In addition, an “activity” or...
What is a Percentage Route?
The Percentage routing causes a specified percentage of the output entities to be routed to the connected activity or storage....
What is an Alternate Route?
An alternate routing is executed if the destination for its primary routing has no capacity for additional entities. The alternate...
What is a Conditional Route?
A conditional route causes entities to choose a routing based on some condition (usually a name or other entity attribute)....
What is an Attach Route?
An Attach route causes the routing entity to be attached to an entity waiting at the destination activity or storage....
What is a Create Route?
A Create routing defines the creation of additional entities either before or after an activity. Created entities (such as a...
What is a Detach Route?
A Detach routing causes entities that have been attached to the current entity to be detached and routed to the...
What is an Else Route?
An Else routing is executed if none of the one or more Attach , Pickup , or Ordered routings with...
What is an Ordered Route?
An ordered routing causes the routing entity to wait until an order signal is received (see Order Signals). Entities will...
What is a Pickup Route?
The pickup routing functions the same as the attach routing except that the controlling entity retrieves the attached entity instead...
What is a Renege Route?
The Renege routing is used to cause entities (usually customers) to be routed to another activity or out of the...
How do I Route on Demand?
Entities are routed to the next activity only when the next activity is ready for it. Useful for simple just-in-time or...
How can I move the Midsection of a Route?
How can I move the midsection of a route so it doesn’t come so close to activities that it passes by?...
Why am I Getting Percent Routing Do Not Add Up Message on Simulation?
When I simulate my model I get the following error: Answer: You have a single percentage route leaving an activity...
What are Order Signals
An Order Signal is a connection from an activity or storage to an Ordered arrival or routing which notifies the...