Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself.

Business Benefits

Bulk stock environments may contain fast moving products that may not require strict FIFO rotation. In fact, accessing the very "oldest" inventory may even involve high handling costs (i.e moving other bulk stock to access it). This job allows for the identification of Clients and Products that may be rotated within a "Pick Window". Example: The warehouseman may pick stock from a location containing the oldest lot (e.g. based on an Expiry Date) or other locations containing lots with an expiry date within ten (10) days of the oldest lot.

It is also possible to define a "Pick Window" based on the "freshest" or "newest" stock for orders being shipped to customers requiring this type of stock.

Note: For related documentation and workflows, see RF - Radio Frequency.

Usage

Use this job to set up Pick defaults for all or specific Clients and Products, for displaying Lots for picking based on the Lot's

• Expiry Date
• Release Date
• Lot Aging Date or
• Original Receipt Date

This functionality is invoked from the RF Menu by selecting the option RF.01 [R.F. Menu] - Unallocated Pick

Since the warehouseman on the floor determines which lot is picked for the order (i.e., within the Pick Window range) then the original order must NOT contain a specific lot. Therefore Orders processed with this option must contain "Unallocated Lots" (i.e. Lot not yet assigned).

Preconditions

Client codes must have been set up in program CR.06 [Client Names and Addresses]

Products must have been set up in program CR.62 [Client's Inventory Products]

Lot Components (*LED* *LRD* *LAG*) must have been set up in program WP.43 [Global Lot Components]

Lot Sets must have been set up in program WP.44 [Lotting Data Sets]

Lot Sets must have been assigned to Products in program WP.46 [Lotting Assignments] RF.91 [R.F. Operators] (field 23 set to Y).

Subsequent Actions

The following are subsequent optional steps to process orders for "Unallocated Picking".

1. Verify the loading of the Order RF.01 [R.F. Menu] - Load Verify

2. Print a Shipment ID Report (i.e. Manifest) RF.55 [Shipment ID Report]

3. Print the Bill of Lading OE.03 [Print Shipping Documents]

4. Confirm the Order as Shipped OE.20 [Confirm or Modify Shipments]

Program Fields and Functions

To review a text version of the field help, click here. Click thebutton (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself.