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What is a Get Connector?
The Get resource connection allows you to get the resource and hold it until you explicitly free it later using...
What is a Free Connector?
The Free resource connection frees a resource that was previously captured using the Get resource connection. If you attempt to...
What is an Alternate Resource Connector?
To use a resource as an alternate to another resource, connect the alternate resource to the other resource’s assignment connection...
What are Action Logic Statements?
Statements are simply commands to be executed at particular stages in an entity’s progress through the process. The following pages...
What are Expressions?
An expression provides a value based on an evaluation of the names, constants, and symbols in the expression. Some expressions...
What are Numeric Expressions?
Unless otherwise stated in this manual, expressions refer to numeric expressions which consist of elements (attributes, variables, distributions, and constants)...
What are Boolean Expressions?
In addition to numeric expressions, you may use logical operators to create Boolean expressions that compare two numeric expressions yielding...
What are Distributions?
In the real world, events tend to occur randomly, according to certain statistical patterns or distributions. Distributions allow you to...
What is the Keyword Pick Lists?
To simplify the process of entering Variables, Attributes, Resources and Scenario Parameters into fields, pick lists can be accessed by...
What is a Link Document?
Links are connections used to join other charts or files like word processing documents or spreadsheets. Links are useful for...
What are the Menus in the Simulation Options?
Accessed from the Simulation menu, the Options dialog contains the settings and information you will use to run your model....
What is a Simulation Window?
From the Simulation menu, select Simulate Chart (or Run Scenarios) to run a ProcessModel flowchart. When you run the simulation,...
What are Run-Time Menus During Simulation?
Once a simulation begins, a new menu bar appears at the top of the screen with selections for controlling the...
What are Smart Stats?
Smart Stats replace the output report in ProcessModel. The following video provides an overview of the capabilities of Smart Stats....
What are the Cost Gathering Techniques?
ProcessModel and Activity-based Costing ProcessModel’s primary costing approach is Activity-based costing (ABC), a method of tracking operating costs directly associated with...