how the operator decide task assignment among 2 parallel stations

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Titli D asked Apr 5, '18 Steven Hamoen answered Apr 5, '18

how the operator decide task assignment among 2 parallel stations

In my model, there are 3 parallel stations and 2 operators; Operator1 is fixed for station 1 and Operator2 flexes between station 2 and station 3. Connected Operator 1 directly to station 1 (with a S connection) and Queue1 (S connection) connected to the Operator1. Also, connected dispatcher (A connection) to Operator 2 and the dispatcher with stations 2 and 3(S connection) and Queue2 by S connection to Operator 2.

How can I assign the priority to the task to decide which task is done in which station, I mean to say from the Queue 2 how the operator2 will decide which task to take to which station, between station 2 and station 3?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-05T13:37:55Z

Steven Hamoen answered Apr 5, '18

@Titli D The queue determines where the product is going to either station 2 or station 3 and that depends on which station is available (empty). If they are both available it will choose the first one that is connected. Once the queue finds a free downstreams object, the tasksequence for the operator is created and dispatched. If the downstreams object has more positions, so that more then 1 flowitem can be send to it, then multiple tasksequence will be created and stored in the dispatcher. Then the queue strategy on the dispatcher will determine in what order they are executed. I would recommend to read in the user manual about the Fixed Resource Concepts (version 18) and the dispatcher object.

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