Pull from list more than one box

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Claudia S6 asked Jun 22, '21 Eric M commented Jun 25, '21

Pull from list more than one box

Hello!

I am learning to use process flow and I simulated a picking model.

My big issue is how to pull from list more than one item, but one by one.

When I select Request/Required number = 1, the operator (in 3D Model) moves one box from the list. But when I select Request/Required number = 5 (for example), the operator moves 5 boxes at a time. And I need that the operator moves the 5 boxes one by one, and when he completes moving the 5 boxes, it continues the flow (realease and waith for another OT).

Context: I am working with OT, so one OT includes more than one box from the same rack (such as 5). Therefore, the operator should moves 5 boxes from the same rack before start a new OT. The number of boxes in the OT also is random between 5 to 10. If you can simulate this it would be fantastic.

The file is attached, please feel free to edit it.

Simulacion004.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 19.1.2

flexsim 19.1.2 push and pull list

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Eric M commented · Jun 25, 2021 at 06:12 PM

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Answer 1 · 2021-06-22T06:05:35Z

Joerg Vogel answered Jun 22, '21 Jason Lightfoot commented Jun 22, '21

This is a feature of a call sub flow activity. A sub flow is a structure to repeat a set of activities. If you call a sub flow you can decide to do this sub flow process multiple times simultaneously or one by one. This is an option in the call sub flow activity.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Jun 22, 2021 at 04:06 PM

There's an activity to run a subflow

and you can specify the quantity of tokens to create

... but in version 19 you cannot say to run them one at a time. So you can use a zone with a capacity of one to restrict the tokens if you need to.

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