I have to make a simulation of 50 flow 400 people operating on 800 devices

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Yamashita Tadashi asked Mar 3, '25 Jason Lightfoot commented Mar 8, '25

I have to make a simulation of 50 flow 400 people operating on 800 devices

I have to make a simulation model of 50 stages, each stage has many machines and many operators. and there are stages with 10 operators on 55 machines. The total model is about 400 people operating on 800 devices. Each stage must set additional equipment maintenance time, error response time, and machine cleaning at the beginning of the shift. There are activities where the machine stops and the operator does that task. but there are also activities where the machine is running and the operator has free time to prepare for other activities. and must set additional time to go to greet, go to eat, and take breaks. With such conditions, please advise me on how to set up to have the best simulation.

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FlexSim 24.2.3

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Mar 07 at 05:37 PM

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Answer 1 · 2025-03-03T08:19:17Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Mar 3, '25 Jason Lightfoot commented Mar 8, '25

I would first determine whether it makes sense to build a 'core' logic that all stages use and then add special cases for each state onto that. (Or split them into groups that each have a different 'base' logic). So basically determine the 'lowest common demoninator' of all stages. If the stages all mostly work the same, this approach is feasible and makes scaling the model much easier and faster. For example, the different times you mention could just be parameters (though labels or a global table) set on a container object that holds all objects of the stage.

If there are large differences between the stages, they might all require their own control logic instead.

Depending on how complex the material flow is, the base logic might be build utilizing only 3d-logic (port-connections and settings on the fixed resources). With additional tasks (cleaning, maintenance, brakes) added through MTBF/MMTR, Time Table and/or Process Flow.

Here's a simple example that showcases different maintenance interval controlled by labels on the plane objects.

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Arun Kr commented · Mar 03 at 11:29 AM

Adding on to @Felix Möhlmann , You can also use container objects instead of plane.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Mar 08 at 01:14 PM

Also use templates of containers to manage everything.

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