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Delay Type

Type of distribution or method of specifying the delay parameters.
Constant and Expression require single values, while Normal,
Uniform, and Triangular require several parameters.

Units

Time units for delay parameters.

Allocation

Determines how the processing time and process costs will be allocated
to the entity. The process may be considered to be Value Added, Non-
Value Added
, Transfer, Wait, or Other and the associated cost will be
added to the appropriate category for the entity and process.

Minimum

Parameter field for specifying the minimum value for either a uniform or
triangular distribution.

Value

Parameter field for specifying the mean for a normal distribution, the
value for a constant time delay, or the mode for a triangular distribution.

Maximum

Parameter field for specifying the maximum value for either a uniform
or triangular distribution.

Std Dev

Parameter field for specifying the standard deviation for a normal
distribution.

Expression

Parameter field for specifying an expression whose value is evaluated
and used for the processing time delay.

Report Statistics

Specifies whether or not statistics will be automatically collected and
stored in the report database for this process.

Prompt

Description