Hello! I would the AGV choose the closest pickup point, and there load the item. I tried to set for the dispatcher, in the "queue strategy" tab, "prioritize by distance" but it seems to have no effect. How can I do?
AGV - Queue Strategy - Prioritize by distance
FlexSim 16.2.2
After looking at your model, I was a little confused, I don't see multiple pick up points, and also it looks like you started to make a Process Flow AGV system, but then didn't use it. If you use the AGV Process Flow, then you will not need a dispatcher. Instead you can add each of your AGVs directly to the "Attached Objects" list inside the AGV Process Flow.
After that, if you want to prioritize picking up the closest item to the AGV at the time it receives it's task, you can tweak one part of the AGV Process Flow, to have the "Get Item from Global List" list pull activity in the Work Generation section to include a query: ORDER BY distance ASC. Your AGV Work list will by default include a distance tracker.
Just make sure that when setting up your AGV Process Flow you follow the instructions in the template.
thank you so much @Sam Stubbs!
Another question...with process flow, when i use "nextlookforwork" connections, agvs go into all control points and search for work. How can i avoid that? I would like that agv goes on pickup/droppoff points only when there is a box ready for the transport, and then goes to park station until next work. Thanks! :)
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