Skip a processor with labels

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Pienbol asked Apr 17, '25 Pienbol commented Apr 19, '25

Skip a processor with labels

Hi! I am trying to simulate a piping production proces. A pipe (or in the table a spool) always follows the same route but doesn't need every proces step. I put the production planning for a week in the source. In the table it also say for every spool if it needs to be sawed, bended, fitted or welded. If it has a 1 the proces happens. If a proces is skipped for example it does not to be bend, then the item should go from the saw to queue 3 instead of queue 2.

I think it is possible by using labels but I find them quite hard to understand and don't know how it should be done. If it is possible I would like to not use process flows.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Example skip processor.fsm

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FlexSim 25.1.0

label procesor skip

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example-skip-processor.fsm (35.9 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2025-04-18T07:54:34Z

Steven Hamoen answered Apr 18, '25 Pienbol commented Apr 19, '25

@Pienbol If you use the interarrival schedule on a source you can copy this table into it. ( might need to remove or replace a few columns) Then in the process times field you can multiple the process time with the label value. If it is 0 the process time is 0 and the product will go straight on.

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Pienbol commented · Apr 19 at 09:04 AM

Thank you for your answer. It the end I changed the output code so that it will be transported to the next queue instead of multiplying the process time so that it skips the processor

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