Process Flow Operator Decision Making

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Mia L asked Jun 8, '20 tannerp answered Jun 8, '20

Process Flow Operator Decision Making

I have a model where my operator is manning multiple machines in a start to finish process. Within that process, there are 4 identical machines but the operator must make a decision on which machine to pick based on whether or not it is being used. How can I implement that logic into my process flow? I currently have a decide block and an acquire processor block but am unsure on how to create a stacked decision-making block.

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FlexSim 19.2.4

process flow operator processor flexsim 19.2.4 decision

Answer 1 · 2020-06-08T16:34:58Z

tannerp answered Jun 8, '20

I think you might have better luck using an Acquire Resource activity than a Decide activity block. Let me explain what I think would work:

The group of 4 processors you mentioned can be assigned to a group and then to a Resource activity in Process Flow. Then, when an operator needs to acquire one of these, he will only be able to acquire one that is not acquired by something else. After the processor has been used, the operator releases the processor so it can be acquired by another operator. Does this sound like what you need to happen in your model?

I've created an example that does this. Hope it helps.

pf processor resource.fsm

pf-processor-resource.fsm (42.5 KiB)

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