Set-up From to Table

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yoni A asked Oct 29, '18 tannerp edited Oct 31, '18

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

Software Version:

FlexSim 18.2.2

setup time

fromto-table-setup.png (49.9 KiB)

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tannerp commented · Oct 29, 2018 at 04:49 PM

So just to clarify, you'd like the setup time to take the item type of the last item it processed and the item type of the next item it will process and look for the change-over time in the table you provided?

Is the most recent item's type the column value?

or

Is the next item's type the column value?

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Answer 1 · 2018-10-29T17:16:12Z

tannerp answered Oct 29, '18 tannerp edited Oct 31, '18

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 06:44 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 07:56 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 03:45 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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