Optquest Maximize throughput through a Line up in a Global Table

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Luis Gaytan asked Mar 23 2023 at 8:12 PM Jason Lightfoot commented Mar 27 2023 at 3:13 PM

Optquest Maximize throughput through a Line up in a Global Table

Good afternoon,

I have a demand in order by line up on a global table, what I want to do is to maximize throughput through the optimizer optquest to get differents line up which I can produce more product. Flexsim 19 had "Variables" in optquest so that variables I want to put it in Flexsim 22 as the "Orden" Row.

An average of 6 products per labor day, so this trouhgput. I'm calculating from another global table.

I'm beginner in this software:)

Luis Gaytán

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FlexSim 22.0.6

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Kavika F ♦ commented · Mar 23 2023 at 8:36 PM

Hey @Luis Gaytan, based on your second screenshot, it looks like that's an Experiment job. An Optimization job should look like this (similar to Experimenter but has a few more views):

You should be able to click the Green + button in the top left to add an Optimization job, then select the Objective below to Maximize based on a function.

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Luis Gaytan Kavika F ♦ commented · Mar 23 2023 at 9:15 PM

Yeah, I want to use optimizer to get the best mix model by line up order. I have already edit my question. Thank you @Kavika F!

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Answer 1 · 2023-03-24T08:15:52Z

Joerg Vogel answered Mar 24 2023 at 8:15 AM Jason Lightfoot commented Mar 27 2023 at 3:13 PM

You want probably test a variation of incoming products to get a best fitting sequence. This is not a feature of an optimizer. An optimizer can choose from an already set list of variation. This means you must write a logic that creates sequences, that you can choose or build upon simple input values which an optimizer can vary in experiments. It will maybe a brute force approach to get to an desired result.

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Luis Gaytan commented · Mar 24 2023 at 7:50 PM

Does experimenter helps me with the variation by order of the products? because I want to check what happens if the simulation produce in different order the line up. Thank you very much! @Joerg Vogel

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Luis Gaytan commented · Mar 27 2023 at 3:13 PM

If you use random streams to generate the orders then these will change during the scenarios tested and you should specify the number of replications (alternate order scenarios) as part of each trial.

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Answer 2 · 2023-03-24T17:17:46Z

Diego Avila answered Mar 24 2023 at 5:17 PM

Hi Luis,

You could also try to change your value reference from your performance measure using the dropper and click on your Global Table:

And as Joerg comment below, you must write a logic that creates sequences, that you can choose or buid upon simple input values which an optimizer can vary in experiments:

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