Allow Flow Item to Pass Despite Other Flow Item Blocking

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Nicholas D asked Sep 30, '21 Connor A commented Oct 6, '21

Allow Flow Item to Pass Despite Other Flow Item Blocking

I have a flow item that must be moved (from queue to processor) by an operator who is not available. During the time in which this operator is not available, I want to allow another operator to move another flow item from that same queue to that same processor. How can this be done? Please see the example model attached.

Allow Items to Pass Through Blocked Items.fsm

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FlexSim 21.1.5

transport queues

allow-items-to-pass-through-blocked-items.fsm (39.9 KiB)

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Connor A commented · Oct 06, 2021 at 06:20 PM

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Answer 1 · 2021-10-01T17:39:57Z

Ryan Clark answered Oct 1, '21

Hi @Nicholas D,

I was able to modify your model to achieve your desired result. I used Process Flow to acquire a specific operator depending on what the BatchNum of the FlowItem was. I hope this helps! Let us know if you have further questions!

allow-items-to-pass-through-blocked-items-rc-v2.fsm

allow-items-to-pass-through-blocked-items-rc-v2.fsm (46.0 KiB)

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