Process Overview: One of the methods Advantus uses to pick orders is Task Picking. When an order is released, a pick task will be generated once certain criteria have been met. LTL sales orders are orders that are typically too large to ship via a parcel carrier and must ship on a pallet via an LTL carrier such as AAA Cooper, YRC, T-Force Freight, Old Dominion, etc. The below process should be followed when task picking sales orders that will be shipped LTL.
Step 1: Once the user is logged into RF Smart, select the Advantus Task Picking application.
Step 2: Adjust the filters as necessary to access the open Pick Tasks or Pick Jobs.
- *Note– If there are specific LTL plans that need to be accessed and/or are covered, click on the Plan link to access the various Pick Plans.
- *Note– *Note– If the chosen Pick Plan does not include Pick Jobs, proceed to Step 5. If the chosen Pick Plan does include Pick Jobs, proceed to Step 3.
Step 3: If the chosen Pick Plan uses Pick Jobs, select the Pick Job field to choose the appropriate Pick Job.
Step 4: Select the appropriate Pick Job. The Pick Tasks will then be generated. Proceed to Step 6.
Step 5: For Pick Plans that do not use Pick Jobs, click the Load Tasks button to generate the open tasks that meet the chosen criteria.
- *Note– All open Pick Tasks that meet the chosen criteria will then be displayed.
- *Note– Pick Tasks are sorted by Ship Date, Plan Priority, and then Bin Number. The tasks are also highlighted based on the ship date:
- Red- Missed ship date.
- Yellow- Scheduled to ship today.
- No Highlighting- Scheduled for a future ship date.
Step 6: Select the Pick Task to be worked on.
- *Note– If there are any Picking & Packing requirements for the customer, an alert will pop up containing those requirements. This must be confirmed before proceeding.
Step 7: If the task is going to be on a new LP, select the New Pallet LP button. If the task is part of or going to be part of an existing LP, scan the existing LP.
- *Note– If the user needs to reference the customer Picking & Packing requirements again, click on the blue Document button in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
Step 8: Select the LP type.
- Pallet- Used for all customers except for the two accounts below.
- CHEP Pallet- Only used for Walmart/Sam’s customer accounts 46WLM, 02WMJAX & 02SAM.
- Virtual Pallet- Do not use.
Step 9: Confirm the correct printer is selected and print the appropriate number of LP labels. Once all fields have been updated, select the Print & Proceed to Pick button.
- *Note– Once the Print & Proceed to Pick button has been selected, the pre-pick LP labels will print along with any Picking & Packing requirements.
Step 10: The current LP will then be displayed at the top of the screen. Proceed to the first bin listed and scan the bin to start picking.
- *Note– The items will be listed in order of the bin sequence, allowing the Picker to move efficiently through the building.
Step 11: Once the bin has been selected, it will be displayed in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Select the item to be picked.
Step 12: The Scan Barcode screen will then be generated. Scan the appropriate barcode based on the quantity needing to be picked.
- *Note– The bin’s available quantity is shown in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. If the quantity needed is unavailable, a bin flag must be created. If needed, reference the Creating Bin Flags process to create a bin flag.
Step 13: After the item or carton has been scanned, a carton label number will be generated along with a carton label. A green ‘Label queued’ message should appear if the item has been scanned properly. Before completing the pick for each item, ensure all carton labels have been printed. If the user needs to re-print a label, click the blue Printer button on the Scan Barcode screen to re-print the label for the applicable carton.
- *Note– On each item line, the user can see the quantity that has been picked and the quantity remaining to be picked. Each line is also highlighted depending on the quantity left to be picked:
- Red- Full quantity still needs to be picked.
- Yellow- Partial quantity has been picked.
- Green- Full quantity has been picked.
- *Note– If a carton needs to be unpicked, click the blue Trash Can button on the line needing to be unpicked. On the first pop-up, select Confirm to remove and unpick the carton in question.
- On the second pop-up, select Yes to confirm the removal of the carton and destroy the previously printed label.
Step 14: Repeat Steps 10-13 until all items that can be picked have been picked and the appropriate labels have been generated. If at any point a new/additional pallet needs to be created, select the + Pallet button on the Scan Barcode screen. Repeat Steps 8-13 for each additional item on the new pallet.
- *Note– If the user needs to start building a new pallet in the middle of picking an item, the user must remember to select the + Pallet button to create a new LP before picking the items on the new pallet.
- When doing so, all customer-specific guidelines must be considered as some customers do not allow items to be mixed across pallets.
- *Note– If at any point the user needs to suspend the picking of the current task, click the Suspend button on the Item or Bin screen. If needed, reference the Suspending Pick Tasks process to properly suspend and re-open the task.
- *Note– If a mixed carton needs to be manually created, click the Mixed button to create a mixed carton. If the user receives a ‘Continue to Mixed Carton LP’ message, select the ‘Continue to Mixed LP’ button. If needed, reference the Creating Mixed Cartons process to properly create the mixed carton.
Step 15: Once all items that can be picked have been picked, select the Complete button.
Step 16: The next screen will display the default staging bin for the location. Select the Submit button to proceed.
Step 17: After selecting Submit, the user will receive a green ‘Completed!’ message and will return to the Task Picking Plan selection screen.
This completes the Task Picking LTL Sales Orders process.