Assign Rack Locations to List

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Mason W asked Nov 12, '18 Joshua S commented Nov 26, '18

Assign Rack Locations to List

Hi all,

I'm working towards creating a Put Wall in a consolidation scenario. I would like to make each individual rack location function as a resource on a list, so that I can push and pull the location as items request it. Is there a way to do this? In the model attached I have a PF start that at least creates the number of tokens as locations in the rack, but I can't seem to figure out how I can link a location to a token so it can be pushed to the list much like an operator resource.

Thanks for any help!

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FlexSim 18.0.7

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Answer 1 · 2018-11-12T20:38:05Z

Joshua S answered Nov 12, '18 Joshua S commented Nov 26, '18

How would you like the position to be read once pulled from the list? You could have tokens assigned to each location, and they could either have 2 labels, one Bay and other Level, or you could have a label named Position where the value is an array [Bay,Level]. In the model below, I have both types of labeling on tokens pushed to a list, so you can pull these tokens and even Query them based on the Bay or Level. There is also an expression called Contents I added to the list that will return a 1 if there is an item or items already in that position.

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Mason W commented · Nov 13, 2018 at 03:10 PM

Hi @Joshua S,

There seems to still be an issue with getting a resource to travel to the pulled position. Is there a way for me to make this question private, so I can share my model?

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Jeff Nordgren Mason W commented · Nov 13, 2018 at 07:27 PM

@Mason W

Yes, there is. This link will show you how to do it.

Thanks.

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Mason W commented · Nov 16, 2018 at 09:08 PM

Hi @Joshua S

How would I edit the expression for the custom field you created of "Contents" within the List to do the same thing except look in a group of racks rather than a single rack?

If I should submit a new question for this let me know. Thanks

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Joshua S Mason W commented · Nov 19, 2018 at 07:44 PM

@Mason W

So do you want your system to check the total content of each rack in a group?

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Mason W Joshua S commented · Nov 20, 2018 at 01:52 PM

@Joshua S I'd like to do the same evaluation of each individual location as you previously created, but the only change is that I want to look across two racks (a group) rather than just one.

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