Movement of Flow Items to Totes

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Michael D6 asked Oct 15, '21 Parker S answered Oct 15, '21

Movement of Flow Items to Totes

Attached is a simple model that I want to understand a few key things.

Currently a tote gets to the station and the operator moves a box from the tote to the queue. How would i move the three boxes from the first tote and place them in the other tote on the conveyor. I then want the empty tote to go to one queue and the full tote to go to the other queue. Then repeat the process for the next two totes.

I am unsure how to reference a tote not at the station and then how to make the station skip the full box after releasing the empty box.

Thanks!Example Box Movement in Tote.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.2.3

conveyor boxes tote

example-box-movement-in-tote.fsm (53.0 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2021-10-15T20:47:36Z

Parker S answered Oct 15, '21

@Michael D6

You can do this using a list. In the attached model, one tote is pushed to a list and it is pulled by the token where the other tote is stored.

Please see attached model:

example-box-movement-in-tote_PS.fsm

example-box-movement-in-tote-ps.fsm (58.8 KiB)

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