how do i make an operator perform more than one task

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Asante Adwoa Asantewaa asked Mar 8, '17 Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented Mar 9, '17

how do i make an operator perform more than one task

Please we are building a model where an operator is suppose to pick 20 tote at a time from one queue to its queue.It is then suppose to pick the tote one after the other from it's queue to a combiner where it fills the tote with 8 boxes each.Currently based on our connections and what we have done so far,the operator only picks a first tote to it's queue and then to the combiner.It then comes to pick the remaining totes onto it's queue one after the other.We are waiting for your valuable suggestions.Thank you.

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FlexSim 7.7.4

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-09T14:48:54Z

Sam Stubbs answered Mar 9, '17 Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented Mar 9, '17

The easiest way I can think to do this is to use a Process Flow and Lists.

Push your items to a list in the Send to Port field, and then have a Process Flow pull those items from the list.
Then have it acquire a resource (that is a reference to your operator.) Run a subflow for all the tasks you want the operator to complete for the items, then release the operator when he is done.
Reset the label with your list items (so it doesn't keep appending more items onto the end of your pulled items array.)
Then just have the Process Flow loop back around and do the process again.

I've created a simple example model illustrating how you could accomplish this:

7-7example.fsm

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Asante Adwoa Asantewaa commented · Mar 09, 2017 at 11:23 PM

Thank you

Please this is where i have got to in building my model so far but still encountering some difficulties.Operator10 is suppose to pick 20 totes at a time from Queue10 to Queue6,it then has to pick the the tote one after the other onto combiner11 and fill it with 8 flowitems and then carry the tote to Conveyor13,it repeats the same process until a set of 20 totes are finished and then goes in for a different set of 20 totes from queue10 and begins the same process again .But with what i have currently,by the time Operator10 picks the 20 totes onto Queue6,Conveyor4 has already been accumulated with many flowitems.Operator10 does not arrange the flowitems into the tote but only carries the tote to Conveyor13.I also want the flowitems being packed into the tote fit inside and not be arrange vertically in it.I also want operator10 to stop replacing the tote until it finishes with a set of 20 totes.Thank you and counting on your usual assistance.

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