Operator performing one task after the other.

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Asante Adwoa Asantewaa asked Mar 8, '17 Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented Mar 10, '17

Operator performing one task after the other.

Please we are building a model where an operator is suppose to pick 20 tote at a time from one queue to its queue.It is then suppose to pick the tote one after the other from it's queue to a combiner where it fills the tote with 8 boxes each.Currently based on our connections and what we have done so far,the operator only picks a first tote to it's queue and then to the combiner.It then comes to pick the remaining totes onto it's queue one after the other.We are waiting for your valuable suggestions.Thank you.

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FlexSim (other)

Software Version:

FlexSim (other - please specify)

operator task sequence

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Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented · Mar 08, 2017 at 07:04 AM

After it has finished filling the tote with the boxes it has to carry it to conveyor.

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-08T17:33:43Z

Kari Payton answered Mar 8, '17 Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented Mar 8, '17

@Asante Adwoa Asantewaa turn on the batch settings in the queue properties.

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Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented · Mar 08, 2017 at 11:25 PM

@ Kari Payton,thank you very much.It worked perfectly.Please i would also like to ask a different question.

Please how do i make the operator pick a tote from the 20 tote,put it on the combiner and fill the tote with 8 boxes after that it carries it to the conveyor.Thank you.

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Answer 2 · 2017-03-10T06:27:11Z

Stephanie Lombard answered Mar 10, '17 Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented Mar 10, '17

Hi @Asante Adwoa Asantewaa,

Thank you for attaching your model. I understand the problem better. I have adjusted my Processflow model to account for the boxes coming from the first conveyor and totes full of boxes being put onto a second conveyor. totehelp-new.fsm I hope the concepts I used help you to complete your model

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Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented · Mar 10, 2017 at 03:33 PM

Thank you very much @ Stephanie Lombard.It worked perfectly.

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Answer 3 · 2017-03-09T07:33:32Z

Stephanie Lombard answered Mar 9, '17 Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented Mar 9, '17

Hi @Asante Adwoa Asantewaa,

If I understood correctly, you want the operator to pick up 20 totes and place them in a queue. Then the operator should pick up a tote and take it to the combiner where he fills it with 8 boxes before fetching another tote. I built a small model using Processflow to control the movements of the operator.totehelp.fsm You can add the rest of your logic after the combiner queue. I hope it helps. Please attach your model next time. It might help in answering your question.

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Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented · Mar 09, 2017 at 01:21 PM

Thank you very much @ Stephanie Lombard.

Please this is where i have got to in building my model so far but still encountering some difficulties.Operator10 is suppose to pick 20 totes at a time from Queue10 to Queue6,it then has to pick the the tote one after the other onto combiner11 and fill it with 8 flowitems and then carry the tote to Conveyor13.But with what i have currently,by the time Operator10 picks the 20 totes onto Queue6,Conveyor4 has already been accumulated with many flowitems.Some of the flowitems also move onto Conveyor13 by itself without being arranged in the tote.I also want the flowitems being packed into the tote fit inside and not be arrange vertically in it.Thank you and counting on your usual assistance.

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