Task Picking Small Pack Sales Orders

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. Small pack sales orders are orders that are not large enough to ship on a pallet and will ship via a parcel carrier such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, etc. The below process should be followed when task picking sales orders that will be shipping small pack.

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 specific small-pack plans need to be accessed and/or covered, click on the Plan link to access the various Pick Plans.

*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: Select the Bin on the screen to confirm the bin the item is being picked from.

*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: The selected bin will then be displayed in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Select the item to be picked.

*Note– If the user needs to suspend the picking of the current task at any point, click the Suspend button on the 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 9: The Scan Barcode screen will then be generated. Scan the appropriate barcode based on the quantity needing to be picked.

*Note– The bin’s net 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 10: After the item or carton has been scanned, a carton label number will be generated along with a carton label. Before proceeding, confirm that the label prints. 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.

Step 11: Repeat Steps 9 & 10 until all items that can be picked have been picked and the appropriate labels have been generated. Repeat Steps 7-10 for any remaining items on the pick task. Once completed, select the Complete button.