Currently in my model I have an operator grabbing a single part from a queue and dropping them to different queues That have similar parts. I.e. If the the initial queue Has 10 parts and 5 parts are from type A, I want the operator to grab all the type A parts at once.
How can I Make the operator grab all the same type items at once?
@Ale have you tried increasing the max capacity of your operator.
Can you send us your model or a sample model? It would be easier to see what your are doing and come up with a more appropriete response if there is a model to look at.
@Jeff Nordgren I have the whole initial queue setup to go to the same final queue see 1.png. I increased the capacity of the operator see 2.png and he is not grabbing all the totes at once. The label that I'm using to determine to what Queue it will go to is coming from a source schedule see 3.png. Hope this is enough info. My Process flow looks like this 4.png. Another thing I would like to mention is that the operator is grabbing parts from four different initial queues and dropping them to 8 different possible final queues.
Pictures are just snap shots of different moments in the model. It doesn't help in knowing how the model is constructed or how the model works. It's not possible to give you an accurate answer to your question without being able to see a sample model of the problem or your actual model.
Hi @Ale,
I have attached the sample model. Using List, you can achieve this.
For picking No.of Items from same item type, I have used token.children.length in the request number field and Partition ID.
I hope this will help you.
Thanks.
@Raja Sekaran Currently both operators have a capacity of 10. when I change the capacity to 3 or 5 they both keep grabbing all the items of the same type. How can I fix this?
Thanks in advance!
I have reattached the model with some changes in process flow activities. I hope this will be helpful for you. picking-specific-itemtype-v1.fsm
@ Ale
Hi,
As per the question, you have asked I have created a sample model mode. The model will work as follows.
In Source queue At time zero, 24 items will be created that consists of four different types(5 red boxes,8 green boxes,5 blue boxes and 6 yellow boxes).
I have used two operators to grab the items from the source queue to respective destination queue.
The operator will receive the task at 10th sec when the operator receives the task they will move to source queue to grab all the assign item type with respect to quantity and unload the item in the respective destination queue.
I have attached the sample model for your reference, if you have any doubt on the model attach a command I will look into it .grab-the-same-item-type-at-once-sample-model.fsm
Thank you.
@gilbert jerald Thanks for the model! My only concern is that I see a bit of limitation in modifying daily the custom code for labels. We have hundreds of items per day and the products change daily.
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