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manual picking different station rack

Hello i am an engineering student.

I have to set up 10 orders from 4 different racks.

Each order corresponds to a tote and each rack corresponds to a station with an operator who picks up the product.

The tote will enter the station only if the order contains products to be picked in the assigned rack, or it will continue straight.

The operator can pick up one product at a time.

Once the preparation of the order in that station has been completed, the cash desk will be repositioned in the main roller conveyor to continue eventually in the other stations.

How can I solve the problem?

Example reported in the excel file.

Flexsim model is attached.

Thank you.

picking.fsm

example manual list.xlsx

FlexSim 20.1.2
conveyoroperatorsrackspickingorder picking
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zacharyh answered Federica F published

@maura.m2 Here is an image of what you can do to accomplish this task. I would recommend learning how to use ProcessFlow as it very beneficial and can make things easier. (Check out the Tutorials to learn more about ProcessFlow.) This is the most I can do to help, unless you have specific questions.

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MAURA M2 avatar image MAURA M2 commented · 
thanks for your reply and help. it is not for an academic assignment but for a thesis.
it is an experimental thesis and I am self-taught
 I thought about using a process flow but I couldn't connect the various elements. thank you so much
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Federica F avatar image Federica F commented · 
Hi, I would also need a similar configuration. What is the property of the decision point placed in front of operator 1? would it not be possible to load flexsim file? 
Thank you.
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zacharyh avatar image zacharyh ♦ Federica F commented ·

Here is the model. Conveyor picking.fsm

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Federica F avatar image Federica F zacharyh ♦ commented · 
Thank you very much for helping.
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