Overlapping Resource Groups

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dougdurbin asked Jan 27, '21 Matthew Gillespie answered Jan 27, '21

Overlapping Resource Groups

In the attached model I built a basic scenario that have overlapping resource groups. Basically the items can be Type 1 or Type 2. All of Type 1 items can go to Processors 1-4, but only Type 2 items can go to Processor 4. In some cases, the operators will deliver both Type 1 and Type 2 items to Processor 4. It seems like the acquired resource is only acquired for that token and shows available if it's in another resource group. You can see this at 8:00:30. Is there a better way to acquire resources in this way without them overlapping?

Overlap Resources.fsm

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FlexSim 21.0.1

resource groups flexsim 21.0.1

overlap-resources.fsm (51.6 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2021-01-27T03:49:32Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Jan 27, '21

Resources don't coordinate between each other, they each maintain their own list. I would recommend just using a single resource and using a different query for the 2nd acquire activity. If you click the Advanced button on the Resource it will pull up its internal list properties where you can add fields to the list so you have something to query.

In the attached model I added group fields for each of your groups. This creates a column for each group so that you can filter by which group the processor is in.

Then in the 2nd acquire activity I used the query

WHERE Group2

overlap-resources_GroupFields.fsm

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overlap-resources-groupfields.fsm (70.1 KiB)

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