I have an issue with my model that I've trying to fix for a while, which I can't seem to figure it out. I'm sorry I don't have the model to post right now.
I am currently using floor storage locations to simulate outbound trailers. I don't have actual outbound orders for product, I just have each pallet on a delay which represents the part's average time on hand. After the delay, the pallet is allocated to an empty "dock" floor location, or one with the same customer. I have the outbound port closed until the location reaches 30 pallets, then the port opens and the pallet goes to a "dispatch" sink.
My problem is sometimes at the end of a production run, we wont make product for a certain customer for a while, and a dock location will get stuck with less than 30 pallets for a very long time. After running my model for extended periods this will happen at every dock location, forcing my model into gridlock.
I've been trying to find a way to automatically move pallets from these floor location to a sink after they've been there over around 4 hours. Any ideas how I can do this?
Thanks,
Jim
