Distance traveled on dashboard

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Juan S4 asked Jun 2, '20 Braydn T commented Aug 20, '20

Distance traveled on dashboard

Good day. Could anyone please assist. Please see my model attached and kindly assist me (or edit my model) to display the distance traveled by my operator and my transporter (each showing a separate value). I want to display the cumulative values for each on a dashboard. The figures on my dashboard seem incorrect and only update periodically not instantly which confuses me. Is there any way to add a dashboard which shows the financial implication showing the costs that the forklift (transporter) incurs for it's fuel usage as its distance traveled increases? (In other words a dashboard showing the forklift diesel costs as the day goes on - cost will be linked to the distance traveled.) Thanks all. Regards Juan. 2020.06.02 Distance dashboard.fsm

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FlexSim 20.1.2

flexsim 20.1.2

20200602-distance-dashboard.fsm (30.1 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2020-06-02T18:46:14Z

tannerp answered Jun 2, '20 Braydn T commented Aug 20, '20

The "totaltraveldist" node on the objects is what is updating periodically. This is part of the tree and what is used to update the Statistics Collector value for "Distance".

FlexSim is a discrete-event simulation software, so it requires some kind of trigger or event to calculate distance traveled. In other words, it's not just inherently tracked on the objects. That said, if you wanted to, you could write your own function that tracks the distance traveled at any given time, but it might be more trouble than its worth.

For your second question, I recommend using a calculated table. I added one in your model that uses a static diesel cost of .25/distance traveled.

If you wanted to use dynamic fuel costs, I would recommend using a Stats Collector that updates every time the "totaltraveldist" updates and records the increase in travel distance as well as the current cost of diesel. Then the calculated table can multiply those values and aggregate the total cost.

Hope this helps!

distance dashboard help.fsm

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fuel-cost-distance.png (4.1 KiB)

distance-dashboard-help.fsm (31.5 KiB)

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