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That makes sense.. thank you for the insight and continuing support!

Thank you! The table method seems to do the job. However, I do question the 'RandomRow' Expression. Is this truly stochastic? I ran the SIMBIT 10+ times, and each time the first 4 parts were Part B and the 5th part was a Part C. I noticed this with my model as well. My model does create the appropriate percentage of parts based on my table, but I'm not sure that it's a true mix (as far as arrivals go) each time I run it. Thanks for all of the help. -Mario

Hello, I'm trying to route a certain percentage of one type of entity to a difference sequence. The SIMBIT "ChooseAlternateSequence" is great, but how do I change that for a specific entity? I tried to modify that SIMBIT with an additional part. I have Part A and Part B now, and in the process logic I used Decision --> ModelEntity.Is.PartB --> then to another Decision Block with the probability and sequencing. I just want "PartB" to have a probability of X to go through the "Adjust" server. When I run this, the logic doesn't recognize "ModelEntity.Is". Am I doing this completely wrong? Is there a way to do this without sequencing tables? I hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance! -Mario Without using a sequence table ChoosingAlternateSequencewithSpecificEntity.spfx

Gocken, Thanks for the quick response! I have one question about this approach.. If I were to run say, 10 replications of this, wouldn't the entity data table be the same each time? Is there anyway to randomize the row number? Thanks in advance! -Mario

Hello, I have a data table with 900 total entities, comprised of 10 different types of entities. I am trying to randomize which entities go through the model, but I need all 900 to go through. I've tried the "entity mix" technique, but it always overloads my model with too many entities. Does anyone have an idea of how to go about this? I want to run a series of experiments with a random selection of entities for each replication. I hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance! -Mario

Thank you for the model provided.. it gave me some great insight on some of the items I'm trying to achieve. Just to clarify, it looks like Response 1-3 are each of the Entity(Part) total times and Response 4 is worker 1's total time. Is there a way to have a cumulative time for this? For instance, all three workers were assigned to Server 1, and then the tallystatistic will add the time together. Or, do I just have to do some post calculation/analysis using Excel from an exported CSV? I appreciate all of the help! -Mario

Hello, With my experiment I'm looking to produce two results: 1. Total time to produce 28 entities 2. Total amount of manpower required throughout the simulation run. My model contains 8 different entity types, that make up a "population" size of 28. I am trying to set up my experiment to give me the TimeInSystem for the entire lot. Since the 8 types are labeled differently, how can I use the "population" function to calculate the time it takes for the 28 entities to go through the system? Also, I have 21 separate workers, and I'm trying to calculate the total time they are utilized during the simulation run. Does anyone have an idea for that? I have not been able to find any SimBits or other resources.. I appreciate the help! Thank you! -Mario

Thank you for the help! I finally got it to work and was successful with both methods.

Hello, I'm very new to SIMIO and apologize if this question is too elementary. I've been trying to figure out how to run the simulation from a defined list of entities. Most of the SIMBITS and examples I have seen use a random "product mix" or other means to produce entities. Is there a way to simply run say, 40 defined mixed entities from the data table. I'd like to run several different entities from the data table, all with different sequences and processing times. Similar to the SIMBIT EntityFollowsSequenceWithTable but with a defined amount of PartA,PartB,and PartC entities. Thank you for the help!