Good morning, I'm doing a test and I have problems. I have 20 references with your orders for the whole year. When I start to make a reference I have an estimated lot, for example from a reference I have 1000 orders and every time I make a batch of 200. How can I simulate it ?, I suppose I must enter the reference data with your request annual thank you very much
Hi @antonio BA,
In the attached model you will find out how to perform batching. Basically, I created the whole amount of references in 'Source1' and after that, I make use of a Queue with Perform Batching option selected before a processor which represents the production line. Hence, products of same reference will not enter production line until target batch size is achieved.
Hi Roi, First of all thank you very much for your help. It served me a lot, but it's not what I'm looking for. First, each reference would have a different lot and the objective would be to launch from the source lots, not to launch the annual order and then store the lot in the queue. Maybe it's a bit complicated. a greeting.
@antonio BA, In order to do that, what I´ve done is to create a batch of references from the source using a schedule. Therefore, you can configure your batches size and their launching time to production.
Thanks for answering, it's similar to what I'm looking for, but how can I enter my annual order. An example of what I'm looking for would be:
ref1: 10,000 orders. Each time it leaves the source it has a batch of 100.
ref2: 5,000 orders. Each time it leaves the source it has a lot of 120.
It should leave randomly but ovbidly the first reference should come out more times because there are more requests. I could also send ref 1 to one queue and ref 2 to another queue? my idea is without a chronogram, when finishing producing a lot, start with another reference. A greeting and thank you very much.
Hello @antonio BA, if I understood you, what you want to do is to perform batching depending on a product reference, which at same time, arrive randomly.
What I´ve done is to use a rack after the source (with 0 as arrival time for both references) with a minimum dwell time based on an exponential distribution to represent random arrivals and then, perform batching in two different queues depending on the product reference.
hello Roi, let's go in the right direction, the rack could be my raw material store. But I want the batches to come out from the rack, not the annual order, that is, a batch is sent from the rack to the warehouse, the batch is processed and another batch randomly arrives and is processed whole, the annual demand of the reference of a once. A greeting.
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