The single model balance option considers only one model being produced on an assembly line. Users do not need to define any model specific data for a single model balance. The following steps should be taken to set up the cell phone assembly example scenario.
Resources
1. Click on the Resource Editor under the view menu (Figure 1).
 Figure 1: Access Resource Editor through the view menu |
2. |
Provide resource details: ID, Description, Is Monumental, etc (Figure 2). |
 Figure 2: Resource details |
Note: The resource Fixture02 is a monumental resource.
Stations
1. |
Click on the station editor under the view menu (Figure 3). |
 Figure 3: Access station editor from the view menu |
2. Provide details and resources available at each station (Figure 4).
 Figure 4: Station details |
Note: The monumental resource Fixture02 is at the station ST02.
Tasks
1. |
Click on the task editor under the view menu (Figure 5). |
 Figure 5: Access task editor from the view menu |
2. |
Enter the task details in the Task Sheet next, such as ID, and Description. After this is completed, provide time data for each task. Each task in the cell phone example, contains process time only (Figure 6). |
 Figure 6: Task details |
3. |
Once the tasks times are defined, next map the resources being used by these tasks. Instead of scrolling left and right to view the resources the user can split the task sheet into separate panes (Figure 7). |
 Figure 7: Users can split the task sheet into separate panes |
Note: The resource Fixture02 is mapped to task T06.
Precedence Graph
The precedence graph defines a relationship between the activities and displays the order in which the activities are to be done.
1. |
Click on the precedence graph tab at the bottom of the Task Sheet. All activities can be seen here. Notice that there is no precedence relation defined at this stage (Figure 8). |
 Figure 8: Precedence graph undefined |
2. |
Start defining the relationship between the tasks by clicking at the center of the task node and releasing at the next task. For our cell phone example the precedence diagram can be seen in Figure 9 below. |
 Figure 9: Precedence graph defined by user for cell phone example |
A flow diagram (Figure 10) of the precedence diagram reads as follows:
 Figure 10: Flow diagram describing precedence graph |
Now that all of the data has been entered in the Resource, Station, and Task Editors, a line balance can be generated. Reference the line balancing section of this help manual to learn the steps necessary to calculate a line balance (Type I or Type II) for this scenario.