Why 2nd tote starts depleting instead of first?

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Ankur A3 asked Jun 23, '22 Kavika F commented Jun 29, '22

Why 2nd tote starts depleting instead of first?

Hi Team,

I have created model in which totes are unloaded from pallet and item are getting consumed from totes. I have to sent tote back to pallet once tote is empty and replace it with full tote. How can I achieve it?

23.06.2022_DepleteItemFromTote.fsm

Also, I would like to know what is the best way to model it.

@Joerg Vogel

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FlexSim 21.0.10

items totes depletion

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Jun 23, 2022 at 05:14 PM

Hello @Ankur A3,

When you "replace with a full tote" are you moving off the empty tote and moving on a full tote or is an item placed in the empty tote?

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Ankur A3 Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Jun 24, 2022 at 04:52 PM

Hi @Jeanette F,

Yes, I have to move off empty tote on pallet and get full tote from pallet.

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Jeanette F ♦♦ Ankur A3 commented · Jun 24, 2022 at 07:55 PM

Have you looked at my model that I provided?

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Kavika F ♦ commented · Jun 29, 2022 at 08:10 PM

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Answer 1 · 2022-06-23T19:25:09Z

Jeanette F answered Jun 23, '22

Hello @Ankur A3,

Here is a process flow that I think accomplished what you asked.

23062022-depleteitemfromtote_1.fsm

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23062022-depleteitemfromtote-1.fsm (38.7 KiB)

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