Hi,
I've created a sample model in which I'm trying to get the operator to do the followings:
1- Retrieve items from Queue 1 and place them on a cart ( how I can use the cart object to be two shelves?) and place as many items with the same SKU as she could fit on the cart. See pic below.
I've seen this post and already created that packing method to the cart flow item. the dimensions of items are different and I wanted the operator to stack items just on two shelves. I don't know it totally ignores the dimension of the objects when fitting them on the cart or rack.
Any ideas for my other questions as well?
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Yes, it was helpful, but I still have the issue, and my last comment was unanswered. I have edited my comment and added my model. Thanks!
The cylinder is incorrectly placed in the rack since you have a ChangeVisual activity that is incorrectly placing it.
You say you created that packing method for the cart, but there is no packing method defined for it, and the cart is not actually a container flowitem it's a People library prop so by default has no OnReceive behavior by which to invoke a packing method.
To store the items in the rack you need to get slots for each one and then unload each one to the rack. For more flexibility you could add another column in your table called "StoreInTote" which you could check before putting the tote/items in the rack
You're right. After removing the Change Visual the Cylinder will be placed correctly.
I had defined the packing method in the bigger model I have and confused with this one. So, is there anyway to create a container that look like a cart while defining a a capacity for it? Or somehow that it read the dimensions of each Item and calculate how many items it can fit on the cart with defined dimension without defining Change Visual activity for it?
If I create that column how I have to change Move Object in Object Flow so it unpack the items in Tote and place them on racks since their slot is defined in Process Flow before for the Tote they are in.
Or are you saying you want to swap the space the tote had allocated to the items from the tote? You can do that at the beginning after you know there is space to store the tote, unassign it and assign all the items instead. That way you will know there's space for them all to be stored in the same slot.
In the Process Flow I want to find a slot for all items in the Tote but I want all of them in Tote when they arrived.
How I cando unassign and assign items after creating the table?
Can you take a look ata the model and show mw how it can be done?
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