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How to make the same operator do a single action?

ejecuta-misma-accion-operador.fsm What I want to do is that the same operator who executes the action of loading the tote to the combiner goes by its rack material that needs to combine to make the process of combining. How can I do that?

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@Omar Aguilera Rico

If the operators only work on a specific aisle then maybe you are trying to make things more complicated than they should be by using the two dispatchers. If I were going to use a dispatcher (which I wouldn't), I would have a dispatcher for each aisle. Attached is your model with the changes that I've made. I took out the dispatchers and just made the appropriate connections to each operator.

Look at the model and see if this is what you had in mind. If you have any questions or problems, please let us know.

ejecuta-misma-accion-operador-jn1.fsm


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What I mean is that I have three operators which can execute any activity of transferring the TOTE to the COMBINER but I want the one that executes the action to take the TOTE to the COMBINER to do the picking for the COMBINER and also to execute the process of the COMBINER. Do you get me?

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@Omar Aguilera Rico

OK, I see what you are saying. I will look at it again with this in mind. Thank you for the clarification.

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OK, the easiest way and hopefully the simplest way to understand was using Process Flow to do the "hard" parts. Attached is your model with the changes that I've made, using PF.

When each flowitem comes into Q1 - Q3, I assign them 3 labels. ToteQ, Combiner and Rack. I will use these labels in PF.

I unchecked the Use Operator(s) for Process check box because this is now handled in PF. In the Qs, in the Use Transport field, I send the flowitem to a List called ToteQueueList. In PF when a flowitem exits Source1, it will Pull an item off of this list. After it pulls a flowitem off of this list, it will try and acquire an available operator. When successful, it will decide which isle to go to based on the Rack label on the tote.

From there, in PF, you can follow the progress of the tote in that isle. Once it has finished processing in the Combiner, will go back to the top of the Isle PF and release it's Operator.

That's pretty much it. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.

Thanks.

ejecuta-misma-accion-operador-jn2.fsm

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