SIMPROCESS Features

Reusable Templates and Libraries

One of the most powerful features of SIMPROCESS is the reusable Template. A Template is an Activity, hierarchical Process, Resource, or Resource Downtime that is defined and reused over and over. A Library is a collection of templates that can be saved and loaded during a modeling session. SIMPROCESS provides a standard set of templates, such as Activities, Processes, Resources, and Resource Downtimes. Templates provide the ability to set default parameters for SIMPROCESS-provided items. For example, specialized Resources such as Tellers, Loan Officers, Branch Managers can be defined in the Resource Library for Business Process Modeling in a financial services business. A Library could also contain templates that may represent competing models of the Business Processes that are being compared.

Many different Templates can be created and loaded into the system when they are needed. Customized Processes/Activities can be added to the Library Toolbar (for easy reuse) and/or added to the Create pull-down menu.