Set-up From to Table

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yoni A asked Oct 29 2018 at 4:03 PM tannerp edited Oct 31 2018 at 3:46 PM

Set-up From to Table

How do I set-up the row and column field in a processor that have 8 items type as shown in the picture (item types :17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24). the processor have to process all items types in batches of 500, when it finishes an item type then the processor have to read the global table and do the set-up based on the from to table

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FlexSim 18.2.2

setup time

fromto-table-setup.png (49.9 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2018-10-29T17:16:12Z

tannerp answered Oct 29 2018 at 5:16 PM tannerp edited Oct 31 2018 at 3:46 PM

Here's an example where I used a second global table to determine the row value. In this model, the GlobalTable2 value is set to the "Type" of the item that most recently finished processing.

Then, the processor determines the setup time by looking at the table with a row value coming from the previous item's "Type" and the column value coming from the current item's "Type".

I know this isn't perfect, but I hope it helps and maybe gives you an idea for your own solution.

Example Model with 4 item types: setup-time-table-example.fsm

setup-time-table-1.png (33.4 KiB)

setup-time-table-2.png (48.8 KiB)

setup-time-table-example.fsm (19.6 KiB)

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yoni A commented · Oct 29 2018 at 6:44 PM

see labels-setup.png image for how I defined ItemType is this why the processor is having a hard time reading the right ItemType @Tanner Poulton

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Joerg Vogel yoni A commented · Oct 30 2018 at 7:56 AM

The global must contain only your process times at the row numbers matching your item.Types values.

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tannerp yoni A commented · Oct 31 2018 at 3:45 PM

@yoni A,

Because Column 1 in your table is assigned the number "17", it won't access the table properly. You can offset the values to match column numbers like this:

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row-corrected-number.png (9.7 KiB)

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