Create trucks with a specific number of pallets.

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Samuelj47 asked May 22, '22 Felix Möhlmann commented May 30, '22

Create trucks with a specific number of pallets.

Hi, I'm new to flexsim and couldn't find any questions or simulations that would help me with the problem. Any help or advice is very helpful.

I have to create 10 trucks that arrive according to a monthly calendar, the trucks contain a specific number of pallets, which is different between each one of them. They arrive at a specific point where they are unloaded and then loaded by a transporter, and then leave the simulation.

Thanks for the help!

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.1.2

proces flow trucks as a task executor

Answer 1 · 2022-05-23T06:44:13Z

Felix Möhlmann answered May 23, '22 Felix Möhlmann commented May 30, '22

Similar to how patients are created in FlexSim's HC environment, you can use a Date Time Source in process flow to create a monthly schedule. The created tokens then spawn a truck and created a number of pallets inside of it.

Both the spawn location and the pallet qty can be determined by labels on the token that are set in the schedule.

truck_schedule.fsm

truck-schedule.fsm (286.0 KiB)

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Samuelj47 commented · May 25, 2022 at 08:41 PM

Thank you very much Felix, it is exactly the information i was looking for!

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Samuelj47 commented · May 29, 2022 at 10:22 PM

Can more transporters be added to the model when unloading and loading the truck? I tried forming groups but only one is assigned in the sub-process.

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Felix Möhlmann Samuelj47 commented · May 30, 2022 at 08:07 AM

The 'main' token represents one truck. So if that tokens acquires the transporter, each truck will only acquire one. To use multiple transporters, you could move the acquire/release activities into the load/unload subflows.

Note how the settings in the run sub flow activities changed to allow multiple tokens to run through the sub flow at once and have each one acquire its own transporter. ('Run Tokens One at a Time' deactivated and 'Parent Label Access' set to 'read', so they can still read the truck label to get the destination but write their own 'transport' label when acquiring a forklift)

truck-schedule_1.fsm

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truck-schedule-1.fsm (59.9 KiB)

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