I want to reduce repetitive processes. I think it is not a good idea to duplicate the process every time a new machine is added.
The main thing is to solve the problem in this area
Streamline process flow
FlexSim 23.0.1
@mark zhen, there is a concept for this in FlexSim called
Process Flow Instances
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That is what Object Process Flows and/or Sub Flows are for.
But you can do the same in a general Process Flow.
Find values that differ between the different machines and find a way to express them as a function of the machine. This could be labels on the machine or port-connections to refer to inputs and outputs.
Then rebuild your Process Flow to not contain any direct reference (at least not where those would change between machines) and instead use the expressions/labels/... to pass in those variables.
That way each token can follow the same flow of activities but do different things depending on the information on the token/machine.
You have applied the concept that an item label controls where an item is send after it finishes processing on a machine, no?
On a fundamental level it's the same. Every time an information is needed in the Process Flow, that information is available through the respective machine in some way. Again, be it as a label, a connected object with a certain port rank or other expressions.
You can also help tables as a tool to store that information and assign each machine a row where you can then look up the needed information.
Here's a simple example where an array label on the processors controls which type of items they are allowed to pull in the Process Flow.
But what I want to optimize now is the process related to save token.
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