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Create items with different sizes?

Hello!

How can I create multiple items with different shapes using the process flow? I have 5 different products (SKUs) with different shapes. I have created a global table with the different product shapes of the SKUs. Can anyone help me and show me how to integrate this global table into the simulation? (This is only a sample model in the real case I have about 500 different products with different shapes.)

Many thanks!!

Martin

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Here are some changes to your model:

  • I choose randomly a SKU string from table "ProductShapes". Therefore I assign a random row to a token label called "tableRowProductShape". I assign the string value of a cell in your table of the column "SKU" matching with chosen row number.
  • I use the row value to assign the value of first, second ond third column of the table as x-size, y-size and z-size values by look up table.

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Hello @Jörg Vogel

thank you very much for your changes to the model. I have one more question: I have created a global table (Inventory) which contains the product sizes, SKU, quantity, arrival time and OrderNumber. The current model assigns a random SKU to each product, but I have to assign it to several orders. How can this global table be integrated so that for example at arrivalTime 0, 11 products from SKU 137 (the assigned product size), at arrivalTime 100, 14 products from SKU 496 etc. (see Inventory table). This would help me a lot, thanks a lot?

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@Martin B6, please ask a time schedule arrival as a new question. Regards Jörg

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Ok! Thanks a lot!

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