People module // How take the item by people?

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Maciej C4 asked Sep 10, '22 Maciej C4 commented Sep 12, '22

People module // How take the item by people?

Hello,

I would like to from my source from time to time appear one people and then he should go to one of the two queue (it should be completely random where exactly), take the item and go to the sink directly and disappear.

I used already blocks: Source -> Create Person -> Walk so my people are appearing and going to queue but I'm not sure what the next step to people take the item and go to the sink.

Thanks for every help!

Maciej

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FlexSim 20.2.3

people module take item

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Sep 10, 2022 at 02:19 PM

Hi @Maciej C4,

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Maciej C4 commented · Sep 10, 2022 at 02:52 PM

Hello,

Thanks for reply.

I would like to my people take the items from rack's and transfer it to sink and disappear :)

Please find the link with my model.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ankkAwi02vVMqa3KR2TsvEm6Eth_5U6z/view?usp=sharing

Thank you!

Maciej

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Answer 1 · 2022-09-11T03:19:42Z

Jeanette F answered Sep 11, '22 Jeanette F edited Sep 12, '22

Hello @Maciej C4,

After the walk I use the Find item activity to search for an item the is in the destination rack. That item is then moved to the person and the person walks to the sink.

Model Link

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Maciej C4 commented · Sep 11, 2022 at 12:02 PM

Hello,

Thanks, you really help me.

Unfortunately I realized that it doesn't work as I would like to

Let's assumed that we have 3 types of items (with different inter-arrival time) and every type should go to appropriate rack.

How can I implemented rules to people would choose random not empty rack?

I mean that for example when for a certain period of time third rack is empty people should choose between first and second rack.

Model: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E_FRb7FZ7RVOpJ8T5KT0Tht8r15au2-w/view?usp=sharing

Thanks, really appreciate your help.

Maciej

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Felix Möhlmann Maciej C4 commented · Sep 12, 2022 at 06:33 AM

You can use the "Use Max Wait Timer" option in the Find Item activity. It let's you specify that the token should be send to a different activity if no fitting item could be found within the given time.

The token can then be send to a second Find Item activity in which it looks for a random item.

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Jeanette F ♦♦ Maciej C4 commented · Sep 12, 2022 at 04:13 PM

Hello @Maciej C4,

You could also change your process flow so that it looks for the item at random and then based on the item it pulls it assign the rack like the following

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Answer 2 · 2022-09-12T17:19:25Z

Maciej C4 answered Sep 12, '22 Maciej C4 commented Sep 12, '22

Hello Jeanette and Felix.

Firstly, thank you for your help.

Jeanette probably that's excatly what I wanted to receive.

But last question - what excatly mean 'token.item.up' in Assign labels? What is this formula responsible for in a model?

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Jacob W2 ♦ commented · Sep 12, 2022 at 05:29 PM

@Maciej C4,

token.item.up is a bit of FlexScript that looks at the current item and then goes to the tree and finds the node that currently houses the item. For example if the item was in a queue called OutgoingParts, token.item.up would add a pointer to OutgoingParts.

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Maciej C4 Jacob W2 ♦ commented · Sep 12, 2022 at 06:20 PM

Thanks everyone for help!

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