Multiprocessor / change processes when item enters

I want to define a item-related list of process (maybe in global table) and when an item enters Multiprocessor i want to use OnEntry event to fill the list of processes depending defintion in global table.

Is it possible?

If you can define the routes dependent item, after you define the global tables of the routes, you can change it according to the item type.

routes?

I try to explain it again:

Multiprocessor allows to define as many processes as i want (in GIU). Each process have process times, operator assignment, ...

I want to use this modul for a flexible assembly station (many products, ready to setup). Because of that the way how to assemble the products is different. It means sometimes more steps, sometimes less. And the times are very different.

So i want to change the processes in Multiprocessor depending the item which enters. And data of comes from global table.

Which attribute, function i can use to change the processes in Multiprocessor?

It would be good when also Multiprocessor can be related to a global table like Source/arrival schedule.

Have you seen the models posted by Tom david .here is the links that will help
http://www.flexsim.com/community/for...?do=file&id=80
http://www.flexsim.com/community/for...do=file&id=172

Hi Marco,

I don´t think what your are trying to do is possible.
If you use a Multiprocessor and crate some Processes every Item that enters the Multiprocessor has to do all Processes.
What I think is possible, you can change the processtime depending on Itemtype. For this you could create a global table and set values there.
This way it also is possible to set some processtimes to 0 in the table. But they still will be done. So if you use a Operator for a process with time 0 it still will be called.

Attached is a small example.
If you really want to do what you explain, you should think about a solution where every process gets it´s own processor.

Greetings

Marco,

see my post to your other thread on how to display the current process' name on a multiprocessor. The problem with dynamically changing the names of the processes is, that you would introduce and delete states from the state profile during runtime, which will mess up the results.

Some questions to better understand what you are trying to do:

1. Will this change just happen once for a simulation run as kind of an initialization process? In this case I would suggest to change OnReset.
2. If the change is going to happen more often, then you might want to use multiple multiprocessors in parallel and just route the item to the one matching the item's request for process names.
3. Another option would be to leave the actual process names as they are standard and just display a process name from a global table based on Itemtype for table column and ProcessNumber for table row.

Let me know, what works for you and if you would need help to implement that solution.

Best wishes

Ralf
FlexSim