Considerations for Pick Wave Options

Options criteria impact the way lines are fulfilled and processed.

Before selecting the options criteria, consider:

• Fulfillment criteria

• Processing criteria

Fulfillment Criteria

Before you select the fulfillment criteria, you must plan how your organization prefers lines to be fulfilled.

• What pick-from subinventory and pick-from locator will you specify?

  Consider your organization's usage of a specific subinventory and locator to pick material from.

  Note: This is an optional criteria.

• What staging subinventory and locator will you specify?

  Consider your organization's usage of a specific subinventory and locator to deposit the picked material for staging.

Processing Criteria

Before you select the processing criteria, you must consider your organization's preference for processing lines.

• What release sequence rule will you specify?

  Consider your organization's preference regarding the order in which lines are allocated during pick release.

• What pick slip grouping rule will you specify?

  Consider your organization's preference regarding grouping of lines onto pick slips.

• What ship confirm rule will you specify?

  Consider if your organization prefers shipments to be ship confirmed as part of pick release.

• Will you automatically confirm pick slips?

  Consider if your organization prefers pick slips to be automatically confirmed during pick release.

• Will you create shipments?

  Consider if your organization prefers shipments to be created during the pick release process.

• Which shipment creation criteria will you use?

  Consider your organization's criteria for creating shipments--whether a shipment can be created across orders or must be created from within an order.

• Will you automatically pack shipments?

  Consider if your organization prefers shipments to be automatically packed.

• Will you append existing shipments?

  Consider if your organization prefers to append shipment lines to the existing shipments.

  Note: Here are the prerequisites for appending shipment lines:

  • The appending limit must be defined as a value other than Do not append on the Manage Shipping Parameters page.

  • An organization must be specified.

  • Create shipments functionality must be enabled.

  • Shipment creation criteria must be defined as across orders.

  • Autoconfirm pick slips functionality must be disabled.