This document contains sample scenarios for the usage of E-WMS 'Advice collection'.
Scenario 1: split order lines due to stock allocation Scenario 2: split order lines, SKU picking advice Scenario 3: several orders of same order debtor for same 'explode' item
Scenario 1: split order lines due to stock allocation
An item in a sales order has been allocated to free stock, resulting in split order lines.
In release 409 or earlier, the E-WMS picking advice would be equal to these order lines: at least 5 picking actions, since when picking less than expected, it should be known which order line to put in backorder. In release 410, 'Collect advice per item' can be enabled (in this sample, per order).
Generating a picking advice for this order results in one total to be picked.
Scenario 2: split order lines, SKU picking advice
In a sales order, a SKU item has split order lines. When generating a picking advice without advice collection, the order picker has to visit several warehouse locations and pick from 4 different SKUs.
When the advice is generated while 'advice collection' is enabled one full SKU can be picked instead.
Scenario 3: several orders of same order debtor for same 'explode' item
A customer has placed several sales orders for different delivery addresses (distribution points), some of them for the same make/explode item.
Make item 1000GX3 has been ordered in all of these sales orders. In the sales orders, the details of the delivery address can vary because these show the actual 'end' customer, while the delivery debtor number remains the same. The shipments are prepared per delivery debtor number, regardless of the specific address lines. Therefore, under the Fulfilment: Picking advice section, select the options Picking advice and Delivery debtor number, and at the Collect advice per item drop-down box, select Multiple selection.
Only selection 'delivery debtor number' is enabled.
The orders are selected in the control center and an advice is generated, where the advice report shows that the 3 orders for delivery debtor 80010 are collected, and will be picked as one collected order. Orders 1122 and 1124 are for different delivery debtors, and therefore picked separately:
The total quantities for part items PART1 and PART2 are advised and picked separately per make item.
To illustrate; when the collection setting would be set to 'Urgent' only, so basically the collection is decided by manual selection in the control center, automatically divided per 'urgent' status (Urgent option is selected).
then the picking advice would generate one collected order for all 5 selected orders:
The lines shown below the header 'Total' are sent picking. In the control center, these orders now show as one collected line.
After picking and reading back, the collection is divided back to the original sales orders.