Sink

Sinks are used to model the exit of variants/products from the model. Variants/products may exit according to some demand rate (process time) which can be specified in the settings of the Sink.

Settings

The settings of the Sink are listed below along with a short description and possibly a link to a more detailed description about the setting.

Setting

Description

Name	Sets the name of the object.
Location	Displays the location of the object.
Process time	The process time (demand rate) of the Sink models at what frequency variants/products are allowed to exit from the model through a Sink. See process time for more details.
Setup time	The setup time of the object models (if used) times for setting up the object for an other variant than the previously processed one. See setup time for more details.
Disturbance	A detailed description about disturbances can be found here.
Dispatch	The dispatch setting sets how variants/products waiting to enter the object should be prioritized. See dispatch for more details.
Timetable	If the object follows a certain Timetable it will be shown here. The input-field has a drop-down containing all timetables in the model as well as an option none. Using this drop-down it is possible to select a different timetable or remove the timetable from the object by selecting none.
User attributes	Lists all attributes that the user has added to the object. See User attributes for more details.