Every facility has its loading and unloading gates that arriving/departing trucks visit. The process of loading/unloading occupies certain time, which results in time delay that needs to be considered in a supply chain. Use this table to simulate the actual delay by creating the required number of loading/unloading gates at the required facility of your supply chain.
It is obligatory to specify the type of the vehicle that is used to transfer products, since no order will dispatch on its own through the gates.
| Column | Description |
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| Name | Name of the gate. Specify a meaningful name here. |
| Facility |
Defines the site that the loading/unloading gates belong to. It can be of a DC, Factory, Supplier or Customer type.
The cell contains a drop-down list with the available facilities. |
| Type |
Defines the type of the gate the specified in the Facility column site/customer has:
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| Vehicle Types | Specify one or more vehicle types that can access the gate(s). The processing time depends on the characteristics of the specified vehicle type. |
| Number of Gates | Defines the quantity of the loading / unloading areas at the specified Facility. |
| Units |
Defines the unit that requires the specified Processing Time to be processed.
The list of available units comprises the units defined in both the Manage units dialog and the Units table. |
| Processing Time |
Specify the time required to process the unit of measurement specified in the Units column.
The value can be either fixed or stochastic (defined by a probability distribution). For details on providing fixed or stochastic value refer to this section. |
| Time Unit |
Specify the time unit that the Processing Time is expressed in.
The list of available units comprises the units defined in the Manage units dialog. |
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