Arena
Tutorials
and Assignments
Tutorial Links
1.
Start-Up
2.
Serial vs.
Parallel Processes
3.
Debugging and
Comparing Models
4.
Electronic
Assembly Process – Part 1
5.
Electronic
Assembly Process – Part 2
6.
Modeling Arrival
and Delay Times
7.
Super-Max Call
Center - Part 1
8.
Super-Max Call
Center - Part 2
9.
Kwik-E-Mart
Arena Simulation
Software
Rockwell
Automation’s Arena simulation software
provides a comprehensive suite of tools and a graphical interface for creating
models which simulate the flow of entities through a system. The types of simulations that can be
developed using software such as Arena can be essential to designing and
implementing quality and efficiency improvements in manufacturing and business
systems. Development and application of
system simulations is an essential element of system design and analysis.
Arena Tutorials
Learning about
process simulation can feel like drinking water from a fire hydrant. Learning how to use simulation software at the
same time can feel like drowning in a sea of information. The Arena tutorials offered here provide a
parallel path to the extensive documentation provided by Arena developers and
users that will allow new Arena users to get up and running as fast as possible. Consider these tutorials as water-fountains
of information on process simulation, the purpose being to provide an
introduction and gradual expansion of skills in using simulation tools and the
Arena simulation software.
The
tutorials are based on the free student version of Arena. The first tutorial describes where to find
this software and how to download and install the software.
Running the Tutorials
and Assignments
Tutorials
and associated assignments are contained in .zip folders linked above. These documents are provided as .ppt
presentations with speaker notes. The
tutorials also contain linked audio narration for each slide. Just click on the speaker icons on the .ppt
presentations to run the audio. If you
are taking these tutorials as part of a course, your instructor will provide
you with assignment solutions.
Otherwise, you can e-mail the instructor
to obtain solutions.
To
run a tutorial, click on the link to the tutorial and save the linked .zip file
to your computer. Of course, a wise
thing to do is to create a separate folder for each tutorial, so that you can
unzip each tutorial in its own folder.
You can then view the slide show with audio, and print out the slides
and speaker notes. The presentations are
password protected, but you can view them without a password by selecting “Read
Only” when you open the document.
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