Is it possible to program "processors" to work on a schedule?

[diego_oe]

[ FlexSim 20.0.5 ]

Hi! This issue seems to be simple but I don't know how to program it: the model has 3 racks and each rack contains a type of item (identified by a label on previous source). The racks are connected to a Processor. I wonder if it is possible to program the Processor to work on a schedule. This is, the Processor process a kind of item at 8 am (example), then it process other item type as ordered, and so on.

Thanks in advance!

[benjamin_w2 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Diego OE,

Yes, it is possible for your processors to work on a schedule. Check out the following documentation:

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/20.1/Reference/Tools/TimeTables/

For your additional requirements, it would probably be best to program the logic using process flow. Here try out some of these tutorials to get familiar with it:

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/20.1/Tutorials/ProcessFlow/Tutorial1UsingSharedAssets/UsingSharedAssetsO...

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/20.1/Tutorials/ProcessFlow/Tutorial2TaskSequences/TaskSequencesOverview/

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/20.1/Tutorials/ProcessFlow/Tutorial3SubProcessFlows/SubProcessFlowsOverv...

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/20.1/Tutorials/ProcessFlow/Tutorial4Instances/InstancesOverview/

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/20.1/Tutorials/ProcessFlow/Tutorial5CreatingLogic/CustomObjectsOverview/

[benjamin_w2]

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[muhammad_a4]

@Benjamin W2 hi, i am facing a similar problem to that in the article.

i need to tell the queue to send items to the processor based on a priority OR a priority list

that is to have a list with item types in a certain order and the queue sends the available items based on that order (if an item is absent then it looks for the next)

is that possible?

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

@Muhammad A4, please create a new question. It hasn’t got any relation to time tables. Thanks!