Setup and Allocation of Ressources (Working with workers)

V J

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Feb 19, 2022, 4:59:19 AM2/19/22

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Hello JaamSim Community,

I was using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation by Siemens for production simulations and now switched to JaamSim. I like it, however the documentation and training videos don't explain all the concepts needed for me to model my systems. First thing I would like to know is how do I program the Setup of specific processes. Secondly, I got very confused when working with workers in my model and allocating resources. I would eventually also need to program working days and breaks for the workers. Can someone please give me some hints how to do that or maybe send me some models where the two concepts are being used. That will help me a lot. Thank you in advance!

Harry King

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Feb 22, 2022, 11:47:17 PM2/22/22

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VJ,

I haven't used the Siemens software myself, so can't comment on its differences with respect to JaamSim.

Regarding Setup (and Setdown), you need to include this time in the ServiceTime input for a Server or EntityProcessor. This input accepts an expression, so it is just a matter of writing a suitable expression with one term for setup time and another for processing time.

Model each worker as a ResourceUnit and collect them in one or more ResourcePools. Working time can be modelled using the TimeSeries and TimeSeriesThreshold objects and entering this threshold to the OperatingThreshold input for each of the ResourceUnits. One of the examples in 'Getting Started' chapter of the user manual shows how to model shifts with the TimeSeries and TimeSeriesThreshold objects. See section 3.3.3.

Harry

V J

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Mar 7, 2022, 5:00:31 PM3/7/22

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Dear Harry,

Thanks a lot for your input. It was clear and useful for me. JaamSim has a smaller but great community, when it comes to help. Looking forward to getting deeper into the software and apply it.