Inquire how to set up a process flow for multiple operators

[park0131]

[ FlexSim 22.2.0 ]

Hello.

The process flow of the attached model moves only one operator. If you group by adding Operator, it will not proceed. I want to add several people to make a model that analyzes the right number of people, please help!

Thank you!

BOX picking sample_240526.fsm

[moehlmann_fe · Accepted solution]

The zone in the subflow that only allows a single token to enter prevents more than one operator from working at a time. Instead of using that zone you can check the option "Run Tokens one at a time" in the Run Sub Flow activity. But then you have to make sure that the pulled items are assigned to a different label than the pulled 'pick tokens'. Otherwise you run into issues where the "pulled" label is overwritten too soon.

Another issue is that due to how the timing works out, the operators might load the same pallet which means some operators end up without a pallet which leads to errors when items are supposed to be moved to the pallet. You can either use a zone here so tokens load pallets one at a time or pull the pallets from a list to prevent two tokens getting the same reference.

box-picking-sample-240526-fm.fsm

[park0131]

Thank you so much for your detailed explanation and response.

Thank you again