[Solved] Workstation Processing Quantity

[JakobNielsen]

Hello.

I'm completely new to Simio, but I know it has a lot of potential.

I was wondering if there is a way to make a workstation work on multiple entities simultaneously. (Much like the 'initial capacity' of a server)

I have tried to work a little with the 'Operation Quantity' and 'Processing Batch Size', but they don't quite fulfill what I try to do.

I have 8 different entity types that spawn from a Source.

I would like the Workstation to be able to work on 28 entities simultaneously, such that, if 28 entities entered the workstation queue at once, all 28 leave the workstation at the same time (if the workstation is empty, of course).

But if 14 are already in the workstation and another 14 arrive at the same time, they would still be processed simultaneously, but the 14 that are already in the workstation being processed of course are processed quicker than the rest, as they've been in the workstation a set amount of time.

I hope this is possible, and thanks in advance.

EDIT: I just decided to go with a server instead, which made it a whole lot simpler. Thanks for the help.

Edited April 29, 2017 by Guest

[CWatson]

You may wish to look at the SimBit titled "BatchingProcessUsingScanOrWaitStepToControlBatchSize" which shows two different models - one uses the Scan step and one uses the Wait step to do some pre-process batching (using various conditions on batch sizes) before entering a Server (and note that the Server processing time is then based on entities in the batch).