Time table /Shifts not working

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Maxime asked Sep 18 2023 at 1:08 PM Jason Lightfoot commented Sep 21 2023 at 10:41 AM

Time table /Shifts not working

Hello, I face an issue with time tables. I have a factory working with 3 shifts for the week and 2 shifts dor the week end, in order to make the process work 24/7, so 5 shifts that i defined on 5 different time tables. But it seems that when i play the simulation with the 5 groups of workers, they all work all the time and at the same time...

Maybe it has something to do with the down function or the down behavior.

Can someone help me define the workers by shift in order to simulate whats really happening and how much operators are utilized. Thanks in advance !

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FlexSim 21.1.5

time table shifts

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Answer 1 · 2023-09-18T14:04:58Z

Paula LG answered Sep 18 2023 at 2:04 PM Jason Lightfoot commented Sep 21 2023 at 10:41 AM

Hi Maxime,

I have created a dummy model with 2 operators that have different down times assigned:

- Operator 1 is down from 6:00 to 14:00 (TimeTable1)

- Operator 2 is down from 14:00 to 22:00 (TimeTable2)

When any of the workers enter the "scheduled down" state, a red square appears surrouding its 3D shape. You can also see the evolution of their states on the dashboard next to them.

Let me know if you have any further questions about it. I hope it helps!

23.2 TimeTables.fsm

232-timetables.fsm (42.5 KiB)

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Maxime commented · Sep 18 2023 at 3:20 PM

Hi Paula, thank you for the answer, I tried many occurences this afternoon and figured it out, and it is similar to what you have done! I used the predefined down behaviors and that's what wasn't working.

Now I face another issue, I want the "offshift" operators to go back "home" and the "on break" operators to go to a "break zone", because they all stay right where they are when they change status and i think it is bloking the processors; (they have a yellow rectangle around them, althought it wasn't there on my previous simulation without shifts)

Thanks in advance,

Maxime

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Maxime Maxime commented · Sep 18 2023 at 3:33 PM

And there is my model if you can help me

Etude_24-7.fsm

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Maxime Maxime commented · Sep 18 2023 at 4:19 PM

Also, I want them to finish their task before going to a break or offshift, how can I do that ?

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Maxime commented · Sep 19 2023 at 11:40 AM

Give them a non-preempting break task sequence with a high priority so that they will do that as priority once they finish the current task sequence. This is one reason why it's good to use task sequences and not individual tasks via a process flow.

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