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stack items in queue

I want to stack items in a queue up to 12, then create another pile of 12, current setup in my queue stacks everything vertically, I want the items to be placed in the queue in batches of 12

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Jordan Johnson answered Matthew Gillespie edited

Here is an example that creates stacks of 12:

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you move items from queue 3 items stacked up from queue 1(batch 1) to queue 2, in queue2 you stack the items up to 12, but my current configuration keeps staging items vertically,

see picture @jordan.johnson

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Matthew Gillespie avatar image Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ yoni A commented ·

Change the Item Placement from Stack Vertically to Stack inside Queue:

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Jordan Johnson avatar image Jordan Johnson ♦♦ yoni A commented ·

I think I understand what you want. Like this?

batchstack.fsm

I don't know how to get this behavior without Process Flow. I made a process flow that treats each group of three items as a batch, and each pallet in the Queue as a stack, or a location that can be used. The transporter gets the next stack, and then puts four batches of items in that spot.

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Cliff King answered

If you use the "Stack inside Queue" option for the Item Placement field of the Queue and have a suitable size for the Queue relative to the Items being placed in the Queue, you should be able to get things to stack the way you want. I've attached a batch processing sample model to show you what I mean.

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