Quick Enterprise Tutorial · 12 5 Wk ODay 8 ODay OHr 7 Wk CDay 24 CDay CHr P U n i t s A002 0 A003 0 A004 0 A005 0 A001 0 A010 0 A002 0 Control Activity Process Proce s Process RM

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This tutorial will guide you through the steps to draw a simple map, perform

common calculations, and plot charts using the Quick Enterprise stencil.

Quick Enterprise Tutorial

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Learn eVSM BasicsStep 2:

Avoid re-sizing eVSM shapes. Instead

grow the drawing page when needed.

To resize the page, hold down the “Ctrl”

key, and then drag any page edge to the

required size. This method works on all

four edges of the page.

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VSM

Save your Visio file and then

insert a new page via the right-

mouse menus on the page-tabs.

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Learn eVSM Basics

Blue icons in the main stencil

represent families of shapes. Drag

out the Transport icon.

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Use the shape’s

right-mouse menus

to turn it into a car

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eVSM Help resources are available in the

Learn module of the toolbar. Hover over

each help button and learn what it does.

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Zooming:

-Ctrl + Shift = Drag Zoom Options

-Whole page view in Visio 2003/2007: Ctrl + W

-Whole page view in Visio 2010/2013: Ctrl + Shift + W

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Open the Quick Enterprise StencilsStep 3:

The Quick and Sketch

Enterprise stencils will

open on the left.

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Click the Open button in the toolbar.

Select the Quick Enterprise Stencil

and click OK.

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Open


Open the Quick Enterprise Stencils

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Initiate the map for Quick EnterpriseStep 4:

Customer Center

Time and Unit Center

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Drag out the red icons from the

Quick Enterprise LT stencil

first. This is very important!

This is the Time and Unit Center.

Cday refers to Calendar days and

Odays refers to Office days.

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Initiate the map for Quick Enterprise

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Customer Demand

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Align all new

shapes to the grid

as you drop them.

Enter customer

demand here.

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Draw the flow Step 5:

Control Center

Plant Center

Transport Center

Warehouse Center

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Transport Frequency

TripCDayxx

Transport Time

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Inventory CDayAuto

Processing Time

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Transport Frequency

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Transport Time

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Transport Frequency

TripCDayxx

Transport Time

CHrxx




Inventory CDayAuto

Processing Time

CMinxx

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

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Align all new shapes

to the grid as you

drop them.

Green icons are

called “Centers”.

Enter in zero for the

Control Activity’s

values.

Use the green

shapes to

represent the

flow.

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Draw the flow

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Complete the flow and enter dataStep 6:

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AST Plant

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Inventory CDayAuto

Processing Time

CMin10

Transport Frequency

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Transport Time

CDay4

RM Inventory CDay10

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Inventory CDayAuto

Processing Time

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Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr12

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

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RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay10

FG Inventory CDay10

Inventory CDayAuto

Processing Time

CMin15

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

OMin0

Complete drawing the map

as shown below, including

annotation and data values.

Double click on the unit

and change the unit to

Cday.

Do not change any blue

“Auto” values. These will get

calculated automatically later.

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Complete the flow and enter data

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Drag the arrows from the Main

stencil on right. Glue all arrows

at both ends where possible.

Double click on an

arrow to add text.

Use the right mouse button

menu to change the

straight arrow to “Push.”

Double click on the unit

and change the unit to

Cday.

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Add an Expedited TransportStep 7:

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Units

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Activity

AST Plant

ATLAS Assembly

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once a year

ACME Plant

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr6

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay2

FG Inventory CDay3

Inventory CDay15.00

Processing Time

CMin10

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CDay4

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay5

FG Inventory CDay5

Inventory CDay20.00

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr12

RM Inventory CDay10


FG Inventory CDay10

Inventory CDayAuto

Processing Time

CMin15

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

OMin0

Use the right mouse button

menu to unselect “Framing” and

to change it to a Plane shape.

Then double click the transport

shape to add text.

Drag out a curved arrow

and right click to change

it to “Expedited.”

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Add an Expedited Transport

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Transport Time

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Drag the transport

shape from the Main

stencil on the right.

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Setup Sequence Arrows for Path 1Step 8:

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Control

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AST Plant

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RM Inventory CDay10


FG Inventory CDay10

Processing Time

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RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay2

FG Inventory CDay3

Processing Time

CMin10

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CDay4

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay5

FG Inventory CDay5

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr12

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr6

Inventory CDayAuto

Inventory CDayAutoInventory CDayAuto

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

OMin0

Hold down the Shift key

and select the green

shapes in the order

shown here.

Click the Sequence

button.

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Sequence

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Setup Sequence Arrows for Path 1

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Setup Sequence Arrows for Path 2Step 9:

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RM Inventory CDay10


FG Inventory CDay10

Processing Time

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RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay2

FG Inventory CDay3

Processing Time

CMin10

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CDay4

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay5

FG Inventory CDay5

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr12

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr6


Inventory CDayAuto

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

OMin0

For the second path, start again, hold

the Shift key and select the green

shapes A to C in the order shown.

Then click the Sequence button.

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Setup Sequence Arrows for Path 2

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Transport Time

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These sequence

arrows show Path 1.

For the second path, start again, hold

the Shift key and select the green

shapes A to C in the order shown.

Then click the Sequence button.

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Use Auto Path to generate Path Locator TagsStep 10:

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Processing Time

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RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay5

FG Inventory CDay5

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr12

RM Inventory CDay10


FG Inventory CDay10

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr6


Inventory CDayAuto

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

OMin0

Expedited

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Click Auto Path to automatically

generate Path tags based on

Sequence arrows.

These Path tags are used to specify

paths. #2 implies that the shape is on 2

different paths. If you’d like to see the

path numbers the shape is on, right click

and select “Show paths on Center”. This

will display all the path numbers the

shape is on just above the path tag.

A single number

denotes that this

center is only on

path 2.

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Auto Path


Use Auto Path to generate Path Locator Tags

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Transport Time

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Sequence arrow visibility can

be switched On/Off with this

button. Try it.

Click Auto Tag to automatically order

the Operation Tags based on

Sequence arrows.

These Path tags are used to specify

paths. #2 implies that the shape is on 2

different paths. If you’d like to see the

path numbers the shape is on, right click

and select “Show paths on Center”. This

will display all the path numbers the

shape is on just above the path tag.

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Show Seq.

Auto Tag


Summary for Path 2Step 11:

Summary

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#2

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Activity

AST Plant

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ACME Plant

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay2

FG Inventory CDay3

Inventory CDay15

Processing Time

CMin10

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CDay4

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay5

FG Inventory CDay5

Inventory CDay20

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr12

RM Inventory CDay10


FG Inventory CDay10

Inventory CDay30.00

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr6

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

OMin0

Expedited

once a year


Summary for Path 2

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#2

#2

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A009

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Z015

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Customer

ATLAS

Warehouse

SummarySummary

Customer Demand

ItemWk

18000

Processing Time

CMin20

Inventory CDay12

Transport Frequency

TripCDay1

Transport Time

CHr0.5

Lead Time CDay51.55

Total Processing Time

CMin45

Lead Time CDay66.31


CMin50

Drag out two

Summary Centers.

Click the “Solve” button to

calculate.

Click the “Check” button and fix

any problems flagged.

Double-click the Path Filter

List and use the Path Filter

Manager to select “2” and

“1” for each Summary.

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2

Check

Solve


Lead Time

Draw Lead Time chartStep 12:

Lead Time Chart

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#2

#2

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A001

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A006

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A005

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A002

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A003

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A004

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A010

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Control

Activity

AST Plant

ATLAS Assembly

ACME Plant

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay2

FG Inventory CDay3

Inventory CDay15

Processing Time

CMin10

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CDay4

RM Inventory CDay10

WIP Inventory CDay5

FG Inventory CDay5

Inventory CDay20

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr12

RM Inventory CDay10


FG Inventory CDay10

Inventory CDay30.00

Processing Time

CMin15

Transport Frequency

TripWk1

Transport Time

CHr6

Activity Lead Time

ODay0

Info Processing

OMin0

Lead Time Chart

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

A0010

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Assembly

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ATLAS

Warehouse

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A0030

ACME Plant

A0050

ATLAS

Assembly

A0060

A0070

ATLAS

Warehouse

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Expedited

once a year

Right click and

“Plot Chart”

Drag out the

Lead Time Chart

icon.

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Draw Lead Time chart

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#2

#2

2 1

A009

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A007

0

A008

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Customer

ATLAS

Warehouse

Summary Summary

Customer Demand

ItemWk

18000

Processing Time

CMin20

Inventory CDay12

Transport Frequency

TripCDay1

Transport Time

CHr0.5

Lead Time CDay66.31


CMin50

Lead Time CDay51.55


CMin45

Lead Time ChartCDay

60 70

1

A0070

ATLAS

Warehouse

2

Inventory

Legend

Processing Time

Transport Time

Drag out the

Lead Time Chart

icon.

Here is the chart

showing both

paths.

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