SIMSCRIPT II.5 Programming Language

Discrete Simulation Concepts
E X A M P L E J O B S H O P S I M U L A T I O N
THE JOB TYPE DESCRIPTIONS
JOB NAME FIRST
TASK SEQUENCE
MACHINE
MEAN TIME
CASTING_UNITS 2.08
PLANES .58
LATHES .33
POLISHING MACHINES 1.00
JOB NAME SECOND
TASK SEQUENCE
MACHINE
MEAN TIME
SHAPERS 1.75
DRILL_PRESSES 1.50
LATHES 1.08
JOB NAME THIRD
TASK SEQUENCE
MACHINE
MEAN TIME
CASTING_UNITS 3.92
SHAPERS 4.17
DRILL_PRESSES .83
PLANES .50
POLISHING_MACHINES .42
THE JOBS WERE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS:
NAME
PROBABILITY
FIRST .241
SECOND .681
THIRD 1.000
RESULTS AFTER 40.01 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION
JOB TYPE NO. COMPLETED AVERAGE DELAY
(HOURS)
FIRST 51 .18
SECOND 94 .32
THIRD 47 .18
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
NAME NO. OF MACHINES UTILIZATION AVG. NO. OF JOBS MAXIMUM
IN BACKLOG BACKLOG
CASTING UNITS 14 .57 .01 2
LATHES 5 .60 .47 6
PLANES 4 .38 .04 2
DRILL_PRESSES 8 .59 .39 8
SHAPERS 16 .73 1.24 13
POLISHING_MACHINES 4 .44 .06 2
Sample Report
Job shop model from “Building Simulation Models with SIMSCRIPT II.5
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