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Order problem

I am a college student, and I have created a FlexSim model that processes orders. The production of a product involves five sequential steps, labeled A, B, C, D, and E. There are a total of 35 orders.


Currently, my model processes one order at a time, completing all five steps before moving on to the next order. However, I would like my model to operate continuously. For example, once Step A is completed for the first order and the product is transferred to Step B, I want Step A to start working on the second order. Please help me to fix the problem, thank you.

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FlexSim 22.2.4
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This is my model

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There's no need to zip file when uploading to this site - FlexSim model files are already compressed.
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I see nothing labelled a steps A, B, C,D and E. I see pallets labelled Type with values 1-35 which I guess you're using as the order ID. I also see you have a stats collector with a 10 second timer which prevents you from quickly stepping to the next significant event - you can disable that while testing/debugging.
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You can choose only to release the items for the current order and then when the order is completed at a combiner release the next order. By doing that you would avoid this scenario where both orders are queued before each workstation:

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I see , thanks you answer my question , it helps me a lot.
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