               FLOW OF MATERIALS I

   This data file is the start of the action part of your
study.   Here you will be asked for volumes between pairs of
operations, that have been developed as from/to pairs in the
operations section of this program.   If the pair has no flow
of materials, a carriage return is all that is required to
pass to the next pair.   It is recommended that you use
average daily volumes developed from the most current years
experience.   This will tend to average in seasonal trends.
Backflows are generally an indicator of an inefficiency,
however, in some cases, they are legitimate.   In these cases
the backflow should be added to the volume for the pair the
first time you see the pair together.   You won't be given
another opportunity, until edit time.   You will also be
asked for the major container used to transport that volume
between the operations in that pair.   The prompt gives you a
shopping list of your containers each time.   When you make
your entries, the program will perform the trip analysis, and
calibrate the pairs, sorting in order of affinity importance.

