DESCRIPTION: Nodes fall into two categories, facilities and customers.
Facilities are any supply chain node that serves as a supply node where product originates or a way-point where product passes through on the way to the customer node. Facilities can be defined to have activities, constraints, and supply.
Customer nodes can hold demand.
Type | Can have Activities | Can have supply | Can have capacity | Can have demand | Can be solved for as a service facility | Starting properties | |
| Facilities | Plant | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supply |
| Warehouse | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Port | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Customer | Customer | No | No | No | Yes | No | Demand = 10,000 units |
Notes on ports: Users can create an ocean lane between any two ports.
Note on warehouses: When users create a warehouse from the interface (right clicking), the warehouse will be created without SUPPLY for any product. It will have to either be enabled for SUPPLY or connected to a node that has SUPPLY.