sample-operator-work.fsm The machine CT is 24s.
1. The operator takes the component from the queue.
2. It takes 12s to manually pre-assemble the component he takes from the queue
3. While the operator is forced to wait 24s, he can go back to the queue and use the 12s to pre-assemble and be ready to load it to the machine when it is done.
Is there a way I could simulate this scenario?
I made this model in 19.2, let me know if this is what you are looking for, or what needs to be different.
It looks like the operator on your model is using the forced to wait time to pick up the next piece but I notice some inconsistencies in his commands (drops off two of the pieces from the end of the processor then one by one?). Why is that? Could the operator just drop off one at the time once each piece is done being processed? Thanks!
I am sorry this has taken so long to get back to.
The reason is that FlexSim looks at each of those items as an individual item, not as a group. If you want them to all be picked up at once, then you would have to create a separate instance of process flow that will push all of those items into an array, which would be stored as a label on a flow item. That would not be that difficult, but the reason that FlexSim does it that way is because it would be much more difficult to pick up an individual item when the default is to pick up a group than the other way around.
Thanks for your input Braydn. I have figured it all out with practice!
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