Find Item-Task Executer Capacity

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Maryam H2 asked Jul 26 2023 at 10:10 PM Julie Weller commented Aug 04 2023 at 1:51 PM

Find Item-Task Executer Capacity

If I have items in different racks assigned to them, and I want the operator to retrieve a bunch of items of the same type "C" from the rack using the following query:

WHERE LabelName = "C"

The operator should then place these items onto the Task Executor but with a defined capacity. What is the most effective way to model this so that the operator can find , load and unload items onto the TE based on the Task Executor's capacity?

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.1.2

taskexecutor capacity finditem

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Jul 26 2023 at 11:05 PM

This is confusing - you mention the cart, operator and task executer - which is which? Maybe you could clarify this and/or post your model.

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Maryam H2 Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Jul 27 2023 at 3:07 PM

I meant the 'TE' (Task Executer) as I use it instead of the 'cart' object.

Please see the model attached. cart_capacity_autosave_1.fsm

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cart-capacity-autosave-1.fsm (115.9 KiB)

Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Maryam H2 commented · Jul 27 2023 at 3:09 PM

So you operator which is a task excuter is unloading to another task executer - and is that a fixed capacity or does it vary by the type of items you're placing on it? And do you have a test model for this?

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Julie Weller commented · Aug 04 2023 at 1:51 PM

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Answer 1 · 2023-07-27T06:30:19Z

Joerg Vogel answered Jul 27 2023 at 6:30 AM Jason Lightfoot commented Aug 01 2023 at 12:20 PM

It is about labels of your process flow token. You assign label values accordingly to your request before you do findItems or queryItems. Then you can parse them by $number clause into your query string. Please look into advanced examples of SQL in manual.
findItem resolves in finding one item.

queryItem returns an array of items to match with the conditions of your query clause. You need then a loop structure to evaluate a picking of your items of this result array for example by call sub flow activity.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Jul 27 2023 at 10:29 AM

We haven't yet clarified if the capacity limit in question is that of a task executor, container flow item or people equipment, but once that's known this will be a valid method since you will have a free capacity number to put in the query. You can also loop and find individual items - especially if they are picked individually.

In your previous example the type of items were different sizes, which means the capacity is likely to be found using a lookup method based on type. For this I would create a map lookup, but you could also use a table.

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Maryam H2 commented · Jul 27 2023 at 3:11 PM

the issue I'm facing is not just finding items but also finding items based on the TE capacity.

I posted the model above.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Maryam H2 commented · Jul 31 2023 at 5:28 PM

You should probably acquire the Cart resource before you pull the item(s) from the list - in your example model you pull the item first. You can either refer to the TE's capacity using:

cart.getProperty("Capacity")

or you can create a map of SKU capacity on the cart which you can then use to lookup how many it can carry.

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Maryam H2 Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Jul 31 2023 at 7:16 PM

where should I enter this script to?

cart.getProperty("Capacity")

how one can create a map of SKU capacity on the cart?

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