Change order of items by type prior to being taken by an operator

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Josué Islas asked Apr 25, '24 Felix Möhlmann answered Apr 26, '24

Change order of items by type prior to being taken by an operator

Cross-Docking-Case1-Processflow v12.fsmHi, I want in my global list named "Mercancia" to be able to reorder the priority to be taken by "Operador" based on the token with the lowest value of the Type label. For example in the image I show, I am watching that the input queue number 3, the token with label type number 7 is being taken first than a token with label type number 4, I require the activity to be the other way around.

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FlexSim 23.2.1

process flow queue global list reorder

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Answer 1 · 2024-04-26T06:40:07Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Apr 26, '24

The list doesn't have anything to do with the transport order in your model currently. Each time an item enters a queue and is thus pushed to the list, a token is created for this item. This token then acquires a task executer (in FIFO order) which transports it to its destination.

Ordering by type is much easier if you switch the logic around: Have tokens that represent the task executers pull from the item list in the correct order.

See the model in the answer to the post of your peer (I assume). All that's missing there is an ORDER BY clause in the pull query.

https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/162610/cross-docking-simulation-with-tasksequence.html

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