Hi all,
Technically my model works fine right now but there is something that will be an issue later on. I want a task sequence to be triggered on entry of a box in box station A, and a different task sequence to be triggered on entry of a box in box station B. Is there a way to route the process flow to two different task sequences without having to use the Decide block?
I would have it choose based on if the box enters the box station. So if the box enters boxing station A, then the first task sequence will be ran. When the other box enters packing station B, then the other task sequence will be ran.
You would probably want to experiment with using the create tokens activity then and the activity by case clause, you'll also probably want to add a sink. You might have to write some custom code to do it. Just curious, why won't a decide work?
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Nice to hear!.
I would still like to propose a different solution. If you add the queues to a group you can listen for the box entering any of them with a single Wait for Event activity. In the activity you can assign the triggering object to a label on the token and use it to send then token through the correct connector.
Hi Felix, this was great. I was also wondering if I could apply the same logic to my pack stations, in which once an arrival is completely taken off either pack station, the items on the pouching buffer are sent to either one of them. However, is there a way to give packing station A priority when doing this? Thanks!
As Jason suggests, you can use a list (or a resource that references the queues) to both manage the availability as well as priority.
I tried to build an example which hopefully depicts what you are trying to achieve.
Hi Felix,
This was super helpful, and I even made some edits to it to better model what I want. My only question is once the spheres are put into the box/ tote/pallet, how can the operator bring this entire combination to the lone conveyor? Attached below are the edits I have made.
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