Getting Started

3 • THE BASIC PROCESS PANEL
Prompt
Initial VA Cost
Initial NVA Cost
Initial Waiting Cost
Initial Transfer Cost
Initial Other Cost
Report Statistics
Description
Initial cost value that will be assigned to the value-added cost
attribute of the entity. This attribute accrues the costs incurred
when an entity is spending time in a value-added activity.
Initial cost value that will be assigned to the non-value-added
cost attribute of the entity. This attribute accrues the costs
incurred when an entity is spending time in a non-value-added
activity.
Initial cost value that will be assigned to the waiting-cost
attribute of the entity. This attribute accrues the costs incurred
when an entity is spending time in a wait activity; for example,
waiting to be batched or waiting for resource(s) at a Process
module.
Initial cost value that will be assigned to the transfer cost
attribute of the entity. This attribute accrues the costs incurred
when an entity is spending time in a transfer activity.
Initial cost value that will be assigned to the other cost attribute
of the entity. This attribute accrues the costs incurred when an
entity is spending time in another activity.
Specifies whether or not statistics will be collected automatically
and stored in the report database for this entity type.
Queue module
DESCRIPTION
This data module may be utilized to change the ranking rule for a specified queue.
The default ranking rule for all queues is First In, First Out unless otherwise specified
in this module. There is an additional field that allows the queue to be defined as
shared.
TYPICAL USES
• Stack of work waiting for a resource at a Process module
• Holding area for documents waiting to be collated at a Batch module
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