Flow items from source based on particular time interval with fluctuating demand

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Gokulakrishnan Kandasamy asked Jun 23, '21 Eric M answered Jun 23, '21

Flow items from source based on particular time interval with fluctuating demand

I want to create flow items in a particular time interval in days for over a year after that my demand increases next year by decreasing the time interval. For this kind of long-term fluctuating demand and time, how do I create the scheduled flow items using the source? Can anyone suggest the option?

I have attached a screenshot of the schedule for the number of years, time interval, and demand for your reference.

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FlexSim 21.1.4

source schedule scheduling demand interarrival times source sequence

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Answer 1 · 2021-06-23T18:56:39Z

Eric M answered Jun 23, '21

Hi @Gokulakrishnan Kandasamy I made a small example using process flow of how this might work. The source references the table to create the number of tokens per day based on the year. A Zone, Decide, and Delay are all used to get the proper interval in minutes. The zone only allows one token. The decide skips the delay if it's the first token of the day. All other tokens will go through the delay one at a time which references the table for its delay time. When the token leaves the zone, it can now be used for whatever tasks you would like including creating flowitems.

flowitems based on year.fsm

flowitems-based-on-year.fsm (35.7 KiB)

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