How to acquire a few random people out of a group?

[marc_k]

[ FlexSim 19.0.1 ]

I have a pool of staff (8 people). I have tasks that require only two people for a couple of tasks/operations in a given time. I know that in Process Flow I can create a resource of "staff" and pull from there. What I am trying to do is link that in a Model that visually shows group of people that get pulled to do tasks without having to designate which operator is to which task. In the model I can have a specified operator move material from Processor to Queue. But instead of having to designate a specific operator I want it to pull from a pool/group of people graphically.

In the PIC you see 8 people. Each Processor needs 2 people to load each machine. Then it takes three people to unload and deliver to the Queue. I need available operators to move to operations as needed. Absically, any operator can perform any machine, load and unload.

I know there must be an easy way to do this, but I am stumped.

[zac_higleyQBKLZ · Accepted solution]

@Marc K

Here is a model that I believe does what you described. It is similar to the Tutorial for Coordinated Tasks 2.2.

operator-pool.fsm

[marc_k]

I now know what I was doing incorrectly. When I selected the group I picked "Model.find" and not Group(Operators). Plus, I see how you acquired the people resource as two tokens. I though I could just acquire 2 people in one acquire.