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 The Supply Chain Engineer Screen

Use

TheSupply Chain Engineer screen provides an overview of your model. Here you can perform the following tasks:

  • Supply chain model maintenance

  • Transportation lane maintenance

  • Execution of queries

Structure

The layout of the SCE screen is as follows:

  • The upper section is a graphical representation of your current model.

  • The middle section has a number of pushbuttons that you can use to select objects for the work area.

  • The lower section is a tree structure containing all the objects in the work area.

    Supply Chain Engineer

    Screen Elements

    Functionality

    Header

    The SCE menu toolbar contains the following function icons:

    • Switch between view and change mode

    • Go to model/planning version management

    • Display list of all objects in the model

    • Reset display

    • Access user-specific settings

    • Show and hide graphical display

    Graphical Display

    The graphical display toolbar contains the following function icons:

    • Adjust to Objects : This centers all objects in the display

    • Reduce/Increase Size : Shows the model in detail or overview

    • Enlarge to World View : Positions the model on a global scale

    • Switch On Overview: Opens a small window showing the model's global position

    • Display Layers: Opens a dialog box for map maintenance. Apart from the maps provided by the standard application, you can also use further maps. First, save the map files locally, then activate the Add button in the map maintenance screen to add map layers. On this screen you can also customize the fill and line colors on the map as well as the width of the lines

    • Filter: This enables you to filter objects displayed on the map

    • Choose: Enables you to select a location on the map

    • Highlight: You can highlight the inbound and outbound lanes of a location by selecting the location and activating this icon

    • Move: You can move a location that you have first selected

    • Connect : You use this to connect (create transportation lanes between) locations. (First choose locations by clicking on Connect → draw line to other location → lane maintenance screen appears)

    • Change Representation of Connection : You use this to change the way that transportation lanes are displayed

    • Print/Save : You choose this to print and save the view

      Use the context menus on nodes and links (click once with right-hand mouse button) as described in Object Selection.

    Object Selection

    Tree structure with different pushbuttons for locations, products, resources, PPMs, and transportation lanes. Context menus on nodes and links (single click on right-hand mouse button) enable you to: