Large amount of items and item types

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Marian C asked Mar 5, '19 tannerp commented Mar 22, '19

Large amount of items and item types

Hello all,

I need to run a simulation with a pretty big amount of data :

- 500.000 SKU (item type).

- 1.000.000 items. (about 1.8 items/SKU).

These items are distributed over a 2000 square meters platform on 4 levels (ground + 3) with picking racks on each level.

What is the best approach for this kind of data amount. I populated some racks with 100.000 items but Flexsim crashes. I turned off "show contents" and I got to about 200.000 items and 50.000 SKU.

The main reason for the simulation is to see what is the best way to batch orders.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Software Version:

FlexSim 19.0.0

large amount of data

Answer 1 · 2019-03-05T15:54:42Z

Steven Hamoen answered Mar 5, '19

@Marian C I would keep all the data in Tables (maybe take a look at bundles) and only create 3D items when it is necessary to perform physical activities like picking or replenishment.

Also take a look what data operations you can already do in Excel so that you don't have to perform complex queries on the data in FlexSim.

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@Marian C I would keep all the data in tables and only generate 3D items when it is needed for a physical operation like picking or replenishment.

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