Getting Started

GETTING STARTED WITH ARENA
you could answer from the Category Overview Report on our simple airport security
analysis process simulation.
Question Report Section Answer
On average, how long did passengers
spend in the modeled process?
What was the average cost of
reviewing a passenger’s
identification?
What was the longest time a
passenger spent in the process?
What was the maximum number of
passengers waiting for identification
check?
What proportion of time was the
security officer busy?
Total Time (Entity), Average
column
Total Cost (Entity), Average
column
Total Time (Process),
Maximum column
Number Waiting (Queue),
Maximum column
Utilization (Resource),
Average column
8.17 min
$0.35
50.57 min
31 passengers
87%
After you’ve browsed the Category Overview Report, you can close it by clicking on
the window icon to the left of the File menu and clicking Close. You can look at other
reports by clicking on their icons in the Project Bar. Each report will be displayed in
its own window. To return to the model window, close all of the report windows or
select the model file from the Window menu.
After you have viewed the reports and returned to the model window, end the Arena
run session by clicking the End button.
Enhance the 2D animation
In this section, we will demonstrate 2D animation, and in the Visual Designer section,
we will learn about even more exciting animation and presentation capabilities.
Now that we’ve completed the basic steps for analyzing the passenger identification
process, we can return to our model and embellish the graphical animation to gain
further insight into the process dynamics. Animation also can be of great benefit in
enticing others in the organization to be interested in process improvement.
We’ll add two animation components to the airport security model. First, we’ll show
our security officer at the security checkpoint, either busy or idle. To gain a better
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