Background: Order Picking

Use Order Picking to pick items for a sales order or transfer, scan tracking numbers, print item labels, and print bill of lading labels. See Road Map for work flow.

This topic includes these subtopics:

Scanning Locations
Picking Options
Directed and Undirected Picking
Printing Labels
Scan Commands

Scanning Locations

The warehouse and bin locations can be scanned as one or two fields. If you set your XM option for one scan it you will only have one prompt and one scan to completed the location entry.

Picking Options

The options for picking allow you to:

  • Select what type of items you want to automatically obligate

  • Override control numbers

  • Pick sequential serial numbers—a prompt displays for first and last serial number

  • Set the number of days prior to the expected ship date that you want sales orders to be available for picking

  • If you want to pick items by scanning the UPC/GTIN label on cartons, select the Validate scan against UPC and item no? option for your branch in the System Options Maintenance (XM) (RF Program Options). The program will validate the item against the item's UPC/GTIN code in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program and if there is no match, the program validates against the item number.

  • Pick in a one-step or two-step pick/pack mode:

One-step Picking

With the one-step method, the picking is done to optimize the packing—the recommended sequence is line number order, with an override of the line number so you can specify what you want to pick next, for example heavier, bulkier items in one carton, or at the bottom of a carton.

Two-step Pick/Pack

The two-step pick/pack method involves first printing a consolidated (multi-order) picking list. The picking list can be optimized to pick in a location sequence. After picking, all the items are delivered to a packing location. A packer then packs the items for shipment. Orders are then obligated and shipped.

Directed and Undirected Picking

Directed Pick

For a directed pick the XM option Auto-obligate lines? is Y. (or if the order line was already obligated in OE or OSS) the cursor positions at the Qty field—all other fields are display-only.

You also have the option to auto-obligate just lot and non-controlled items or just serial-controlled and non-controlled items.

Undirected Pick

For an undirected pick the XM option Auto-obligate lines? is N:

  • You are prompted to scan what you want to pick.

  • The suggested location (primary warehouse/bin) displays at the bottom of the screen with the item information.

  • You scan the quantity, item, location, and control numbers.

What if the order line was previously obligated? Previously obligated order lines already have specific locations and control numbers reserved for them in the system, so the pick is directed.

Printing Labels

You have the option to print these label types:

  • Box/Carton label—as each box is packed, print a label indicating the items contained in the box, along with control numbers and quantities.

  • BOL label—This label is only used in the RF process when a new bill of lading is created. The label can be scanned to add items to the bill of lading on subsequent orders.

In two-step picking only, you have the additional option to print a label with the item, quantity, and control numbers during picking and then scanned when packing.

Scan Commands

In This Field

Scan

To

Box

END

Prompt Box complete?

Qty

0

Directed pick:
Not able to find all of the items, or not any items? Scan an amount or scan 0 again to end picking this item.

Undirected pick:
Do not ship any for this line/location;control number.

Qty

SKIP

Re-sequence the picking of this item. The program skips the item for now, but re-displays the item again during the same picking session.

Answer Y to Complete?

M

Modify a line.
The program prompts Line picked, continue? Scan Y to correct this line; scan N to be prompted for the next line.