Pick List

[Chris Kelleher]

We ship orders that include both full and partial cases of product. If the
quantity is less than a full case we count and bag the product at the
location of the full case. In other words we open a full case and manually
count the requested amount. This adds time to picking an order.
We want to change the way we do things, by picking partial case quantities
from a different area than the full case area.

My question is, can the pick list be changed to show the location of full
cases coming from one area and the location of product for shipping partial
cases coming from another area? Secondly, can this be done without
mannually entering product transfers? Lastly, how do you ship partial cases.

 

[Chris Kelleher]

We accomplished this exact thing through a few strategically placed
modifications, the most major of which was to the sopkall.i routine to
calculate the number of cases to be picked and then an examination of the
ld_det information to determine if case packed inventory was available. In
our system, case packed inventory was designated through the use of the
lot-ref field. The rule of thumb is Always pick cases first then pick the
remainder in pieces. This rule overrides the standard FIFO picking logic.
Since we always ship in "Eaches", our shippers reflect the qty shipped in
eaches.

In order to facilitate this feature, we also had a minor mod made to the
Work Order Receipt so that the Lot Ref field was automatically updated when
cases were being put away.

Tony Vallin
I.T. Manager
North America
Transitions Optical, Inc.
9251 Belcher Rd
Pinellas Park, FL 32782

(727) 545-0400 x7316
(727) 546-4732 fax