topic Re: Set-up From to Table in FlexSim Forum

Set-up From to Table

yoni_a — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:03:14 GMT

[ FlexSim 18.2.2 ]

How do I set-up the row and column field in a processor that have 8 items type as shown in the picture (item types :17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24). the processor have to process all items types in batches of 500, when it finishes an item type then the processor have to read the global table and do the set-up based on the from to table

Re: Set-up From to Table

tanner_p — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:49:09 GMT

So just to clarify, you'd like the setup time to take the item type of the last item it processed and the item type of the next item it will process and look for the change-over time in the table you provided?

Is the most recent item's type the column value?

Is the next item's type the column value?

Re: Set-up From to Table

tanner_p — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:16:12 GMT

Here's an example where I used a second global table to determine the row value. In this model, the GlobalTable2 value is set to the "Type" of the item that most recently finished processing.

Then, the processor determines the setup time by looking at the table with a row value coming from the previous item's "Type" and the column value coming from the current item's "Type".

I know this isn't perfect, but I hope it helps and maybe gives you an idea for your own solution.

Example Model with 4 item types: setup-time-table-example.fsm

Re: Set-up From to Table

yoni_a — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:44:10 GMT

see labels-setup.png image for how I defined ItemType is this why the processor is having a hard time reading the right ItemType @Tanner Poulton

Re: Set-up From to Table

joerg_vogel_HsH — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:56:02 GMT

The global must contain only your process times at the row numbers matching your item.Types values.

Re: Set-up From to Table

tanner_p — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:45:36 GMT

@yoni A,

Because Column 1 in your table is assigned the number "17", it won't access the table properly. You can offset the values to match column numbers like this: