Getting Started

5 The Advanced Transfer Panel
This chapter presents the modules from the Advanced Transfer panel, which includes
the modules needed for modeling the movement of entities from one location to
another. Example uses of each module are included in this section.
The Advanced Transfer panel is accessible to licensed editions of Arena
Standard and Professional
General flowchart modules
Flowchart modules are the set of objects that are placed in the model window to
describe the simulation process.
Enter module
DESCRIPTION
The Enter module defines a station (or a set of stations) corresponding to a physical
or logical location where processing occurs. When an entity arrives at an Enter
module, an unloading delay may occur and any transfer device used to transfer the
entity to the Enter module’s station may be released.
The station (or each station within the defined set) has a matching Activity Area that
is used to report all times and costs accrued by the entities in this station. This
Activity Area’s name is the same as the station. If a parent Activity Area is defined,
then it also accrues any times and costs by the entities in this station.
TYPICAL USES
• The start of a part’s production in a series of parallel processes where the part’s
forklift needs to be released
• The start of a document’s processing after the document has been created where
the mail clerk resource needs to be released
PROMPTS
Prompt
Name
Description
Unique name of the module that will be displayed in the
flowchart.
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