Tracking itemTypes at the end of each shift

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Aditya Kamath asked Jun 9, '17 Sam Stubbs answered Jun 14, '17

Tracking itemTypes at the end of each shift

I have a simple model that processes 3 different item types as seen in my attached model. I an running this model for a total length of 30 days. The model also runs on a time-table, i.e., every 6.8 hours, the production shuts off for 0.5 hours for off-shift and then begins again.

How can I track the production quantity of each itemType per shift and also per day ( 1 day = 13.6 hours + 1 hour cumulative between shifts) and then store this data? Please find my model attached.

schedule-test.fsm

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FlexSim 16.2.2

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schedule-test.fsm (19.0 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2017-06-14T17:07:06Z

Sam Stubbs answered Jun 14, '17

I've created just a simple example for you showing what I might do. I just created a tracked variable for each of the three item types, and set a trigger on the processor to increment the Tracked Variable for each type when that type is finished processing. Then I just set up a very simple process flow, that triggers each time the processor goes down (You could set this up as a scheduled source instead) This just resets the tracked variables. Then you just chart the tracked variable's value versus time.

Here's your example with those additions:

schedule-test.fsm

schedule-test.fsm (20.7 KiB)

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