Jeff Nordgren
08-09-2007, 03:06 PM
In a rack Flexsim has a minimum dwell time function.
An item goes into the rack and stays for a period of time based on the minimum dwell time function.
If a model runs for a year and the time period is in minutes. (525600 minutes in a year) If a bin in the rack has 12 items. I want to release 3 items from the specific bin each quarter.
Release quantity of 3 at 131400 minutes
Release quantity of 3 at 262800 minutes
Release quantity of 3 at 394200 minutes
Release quantity of 3 at 525600 minutes
How do I do this???
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Perry Koch There is an option in the pull down menu in the Minimum Dwell Time option of the rack that is "By Global Table Lookup". I assign a different itemtype to each item release "set" (see Source). Then I created a global table "Release Times" that I put the release time (dwell time) in for each item type. Then it's just a matter of filling in the global table name in the Minimum Dwell Time field and you're done. See the attached sample model for this solution.
An item goes into the rack and stays for a period of time based on the minimum dwell time function.
If a model runs for a year and the time period is in minutes. (525600 minutes in a year) If a bin in the rack has 12 items. I want to release 3 items from the specific bin each quarter.
Release quantity of 3 at 131400 minutes
Release quantity of 3 at 262800 minutes
Release quantity of 3 at 394200 minutes
Release quantity of 3 at 525600 minutes
How do I do this???
_______________________
Perry Koch There is an option in the pull down menu in the Minimum Dwell Time option of the rack that is "By Global Table Lookup". I assign a different itemtype to each item release "set" (see Source). Then I created a global table "Release Times" that I put the release time (dwell time) in for each item type. Then it's just a matter of filling in the global table name in the Minimum Dwell Time field and you're done. See the attached sample model for this solution.