With the process defined, you are ready to run your first experiment.
The default simulation time is 90 days. This provides enough time to observe how material moves through the system and whether production stabilizes. ReliaSim is fast, so we can be comfortable expecting pretty thorough simulations even with larger models.
A single run experiment, also the default, is a good starting point. by clicking the "Analysis" tab on the left hand side, we can see a variety of results and summaries from our simulation. These results provide a baseline view of the jarring process. From here, you can begin adjusting rates, capacities, or conversions to explore improvement ideas. You can also replay the single run simulation, either by timescale or by progressing through events, to get a granular view of the impact and result of every occurrence. There's also multi-run, which greatly helps understand the variability of a model, and Gain/loss, which helps us to understand the interactions between interrupts. Feel free to play around with settings and options. The final category is buffer trade-off. That's not relevant to our current model, but would be great if we wanted to try introducing a buffer to decouple our processes and get a good idea of where and how large of a buffer would get us the most benefit.
The image below shows the production chart for our single run analysis. All of these results can also be exported if needed.
Just as a small footnote, ReliaSim saves automatically frequently, so you're unlikely to lose work. If you'd like to manually save, you have options under the "file" header at the top.
At this point, you've generated a realistic, if simple, model of a process in ReliaSim. This only scratches the surface of what ReliaSim can do, so feel free to play around with the settings in this model, or try to make a more complex model. You can always reference the Quick Start Guide for an easy reference on any part of the tool you'd like to explore more deeply. You're on your way to great insights and faster, better problem solving.