factory-fun

Software to model and measure processing elements in a factory system.

Name is a based on the boardgame Factory Fun

General idea of this project:

processing step

• have inventory coming in and out
• inventory can be filtered to be a certain type
• multi input inventory?
• inventory that is not currently processing is in the processing queue

processing queue

• inventory waiting to go into the processing step

• way to choose next item(s) FIFO, LIFO, etc, value estimate.

• measure time into q and exit q per inventory item

• inventory is assigned to a processing unit

• one processing unit is a serial processing step. applied effort is on all inventory in the unit (like a kiln)

• more than one processing unit makes it a parallel step.

processing units

• a unit type?

• min/max number of inventory the unit can allow at once

• provide or calculate an ETA

• apply effort on inventory. effort has a cost and progresses inventory as a percentage.

• bi-products (usually waste) can be measured for each applied effort and thus can also be rate measured

• mistakes/failures in processing come out as defects

• success in processing come out as a finished product. This can be a typed product

• measure time into q and exit q per inventory item

• processing unit can have wear applied.

• finished products are moved to the next processing step as inventory

A factory is a DAG with processing steps as nodes, and movement of finished products into inventory to the next processing step.

graph.sources() returns the processing steps that have no in-edges, therefore are the start of the factory graph.sinks() returns the processing steps that have no out-edges therefore are the end of the factory

CLI Usage

npm i factory-fun -g
factory-fun

License

MIT