You can visualize the system utilization and product inventory charts along with dynamic updates during the simulation.
Select Display Systems Utilization and Display Products Inventory checkboxes in Monitoring Options tab
of Production System Simulation Options dialog box.
See Monitoring Options
The Systems Utilization and Products Inventory tab
appears in the System Performance Monitor dialog box.
Select a system and click Play
in PLM Compass to start simulation.
The System Performance Monitor
appears.
Click System Performance Monitor
after or during simulation.
The System Performance Monitor dialog box appears.
Click System Utilization
tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box.

System utilization is available only for General
, Transfer
, and Buffer
systems. This data is represented
using vertical bar chart, with unique color of each type of
system.
Place pointer over the system utilization bar chart.
The corresponding
system name and utilization value is displayed as tool
tip. Select any bar on the bar chart and the corresponding system is highlighted in the Live System Editor.

Click Product Inventory
tab.
The dialog box showing products inventory appears.

This tab provides the number of products that are
currently in use during simulation. This data is represented with
horizontal bar chart.
Place pointer over the product inventory bar chart.
The corresponding
product name and count value is displayed as tool
tip. Select any bar on the bar chart and the corresponding product representation is highlighted in the Live System Editor.

Calculate the products inventory as:
Products Inventory = (NUMBER_INITIAL +
NUMBER_PRODUCED + NUMBER_ARRIVED + NUMBER_ACCEPTED) - (NUMBER_ROUTED +
NUMBER_CONSUMED + NUMBER_DISPATCHED + NUMBER_ASSEMBLED)
Minimize the chart if you do not want to see the dynamic updates.
If chart is minimized then System Performance Monitor remain available on the right side of the authoring window.
Click
to view the HTML report.

Click Close to close the HTML report.