Source

Sources are used to model the delivery of variants/products into the model. Each Source models an entry of one or several variants/products. Products are released into the model according to an interarrival time if not blocked by the production flow succeeding the Source.

Settings

The settings of the Source 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.
Creation	Contains information about how the Source should release variants in to the model. A detailed description about the creation setting can be found here.
Disturbance	A detailed description about disturbances can be found here.
Exit Strategy	The exit strategy sets how variants/products should exit from the object to its successors. See exit strategy for more details.
Accumulating	If True (default) creation of variants that fail when the Source isn't operational will accumulate and be created once the Source is operational again. When False these failed creations are lost. Example: With accumulating False and the use of a Timetable it is possible to model hourly deliveries only during planned production.
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.