Process Time Dependant on unit

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bcallaghan asked Oct 18, '23 Jeanette F commented Oct 24, '23

Process Time Dependant on unit

I'm building out high mix, low volume model of a manufacturing process. As a result, the processors (workbenches) are configured in a way with tooling that allows them to build every type of unit that comes through. Thus, I was wondering if there is a way to tie the process time to each item, rather than the processor, thus allowing units to be worked at any workbench/operator, regardless of the unit type. Not sure if this is a source question or something else. Any help would be appreciated!

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FlexSim 21.2.4

process time unit time

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Oct 24, 2023 at 03:00 PM

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Answer 1 · 2023-10-18T16:56:52Z

Jacob W2 answered Oct 18, '23

Hi @bcallaghan,

One way to do this is by creating a label on the items such as Type, and then on your processors in the processing time you can use Values by Case. This will allow you to select a processing time based on the label that you have on the item.

Another way is to create a label on the item with their respective processing time. Then in the processing time field you can enter "item.LabelName". If the label is a numeric value, it will use that value as the processing time.

I've also attached a basic model demonstrating these two methods.

Processing per item.fsm

value-by-case.png (37.0 KiB)

processing-per-item.fsm (29.2 KiB)

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