Overview
Pick rules are saved to the order as this is created. If a pick rule is changed, this will not change the rule on any current orders; the system is not designed to do that. So unpicking the order and re-picking this will not pick up the new pick rule.
The system will first look to see if there is a pick rule set to the product; if there is no rule on the product, this will look for any rules set on the account. If there is no rule set on the account, this will look at the site pick rule.
To set a rule on a product:
1. Open the Product Maintenance screen, select the product.
2. Go to the Rule tab.
3. Set the Pick rule to what you want.
4. Press OK to save.
To set a rule on an Account:
1. Open the Account Maintenance screen, select the Account.
2. Go to Rule tab.
3. Set the Pick rule to what you want.
4. Press OK to save.
To set a rule on a Site:
1. Open the Site screen, select the site.
2. Go to Rule tab.
3. Set the Pick rule to what you want.
4. Press OK to save.
Explanation of pick rules:
There is a pick rule that will look for the column first. The rule: BY COL ASCENDING. This will look first for stock in Column in ascendingly order, 1, 2, 3 etc, if there is a match, this will then look in the row, A, B, C, etc... if there is another match, this will go to the aisle in ascending order, AA, AB, AC etc.
There is a pick rule that will look for the aisle first then column. The rule: BY AISLE ASC, COL ASC. This will look first for stock, this time in the aisle in ascendingly order, AA, AB, AC etc… then the column in ascendingly order, 1, 2, 3 etc…, followed by the row then the row, A, B, C etc...
There is a pick rule that will look for the aisle first then column. The rule: BY AISLE ASC, ROW ASC. This will look first for stock, this time in the row in ascendingly order, A, B, C etc... Then the column in ascendingly order, 1, 2, 3 etc… Then it will look at the aisle, AA, AB, AC etc…
The rule: BY FIFO PICK1ST.
For this to be used the location you want the systems to look in first need to have a location type of ‘Pick1st’. To do this:
1. Open the location of where you want the system to look first.
2. On the location tab there is a ‘Type’ section, set this to ‘Pick1st’.
3. Then set the new rule to be ‘BY FIFO PICK1ST’.
For any new orders this will look for the products in this location first, then search for the oldest FIFO (First In First Out) date.
The rule: PickByFIFOLastTransTimeInLcn (PICK BY LAST TRANSACTION TIME IN LOCATION).
Bases on the FIFO (First In First Out) rule, this rule will find the stock that has been in a location the longest, so this will not sue the stock that picked or moved around a lot, it will pick the stock that remains static / dormant, an select this first.