How to pull for a combiner different quantities.

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Fernando_alberto Ac asked Dec 1, '21 Felix Möhlmann answered Dec 2, '21

How to pull for a combiner different quantities.

Hellou, I have different racks full of products and the source "Demand" tells you which type of product and how many is the required. I´m trying to combine the Source Demand with the racks using a combiner to pull a "x" quantity and "y" type product but i dont know how to call the different LabelsCombiner_help.fsm.

The source "Demand" assigns the labels "Quantity" and "Type" based on Empirical Distribution tables, one for each label.

We want the model to work, not neccessarily with a combiner, so if you have another solution to this problem, we´re glad to hear it out.

I attach the model so you could understand a little bit better.

Thanks in advance.

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FlexSim 21.2.4

combiner labels

combiner-help.fsm (39.9 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2021-12-02T09:17:10Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Dec 2, '21

To do this with a combiner you can start with the "Update Combiner Component List" option in it's entry trigger. This normally pulls the values from a table based on a label on the container object which determines the row.

This can be modified to instead assign the "Quantity" label value to the port determined by the "Type" label. This approach assumes that items of type 1 are pulled from the first rack, type 2 from the second and so on.

Alternatively, you can use a simple process flow, in which you use the "Find Item" activity to find items of the correct type inside any rack/floor storage and move them to the desired destination. You can of course expand the process flow to have the items transported by a task executer if you wish.

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/21.2/Reference/ProcessFlowObjects/Warehousing/FindItem/

Both approaches are shown in the attached model.

combiner-help-fm.fsm

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combiner-help-fm.fsm (45.7 KiB)

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