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Limit the number of operators working at the same time in the model?

I am building a model that has 3 shifts. There are 8 people in the morning and afternoon shift, 4 in each. There are 3 people in the night shift. I am using time table for three different shifts.

The current setup is when the shift ends, operators currently in a process will finish that process before being "scheduled down". However, operators in the following shifts will starts immediately at the start of the shift, so there are times when more than 4 people are working at the same time.

How do I limit the number of operators working at the same time in my model? I want it so that there are at max 4 operators working.

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In this model I'm using Process Flow to listen the the Down Behavior's ResumeFunction and DownFunction events. That way I can use a Zone to limit how many objects are active at once.

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