Solution ID: 200782301
Date Last Revised: 01/03/2005
Title: Carton Recommendation for Xe Abstract: The Carton Recommendation system will recommend the most suitable cartons or containers to be used for any warehouse movement.
Table of Contents Shipping Carton Overview Steps for Setup Carton Setup (P46091) Sales Order Entry (P4210) System Considerations
Shipping Carton Overview Shipping Cartons are used to ship items. The system uses the information to determine a shipping carton during carton recommendation. Container and Carton Codes (P46091) program is used to define Shipping Cartons and the gross cubic dimensions of the container. Carton Recommendation must be turned on. Methods and fill percentages can then be setup for Carton Recommendation. System Process
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Steps for Setup • • • •
Set up THE 46/EQ UDC table. Define Shipping Carton Dimensions, Weight and Capacity in Container and Carton Codes (P46091). Turn on Carton Recommendation in Location Profile (P46020) Set up Carton Recommendation Methods for Items in the Item Unit of Measure Definition.
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Define fill percentages for Items or Item Groups in Item/Carton Setup by Item or Item Group (P46013) Task and Trip Creation (R46471) Processing Options Setup
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Carton Setup (P46091) •
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Containers/Cartons/Totes must be defined with dimensional information since a container/carton/tote can take available space out of a location when the system calculates the “optimal” putaway/pick/replenish choices for product. The dimensions of a shipping container should be considered within the usable space available in a location, this flag must be turned on. If the flag is off, the system will ignore the dimensions. For example, a pallet will take up some of the usable space in a location, this will need to be taken into consideration if the product is put away, on a pallet, in a location. If using cartons the shipping Y/N flag must be set to Y for cartons, otherwise the system will use the setup for containerization Tote containers are considered future functionality for pick, pack and ship. Available carton enables the system to suggest cartons when picking. Set Shipping Container flag if shipping out this carton as well. UCC128 flag.
Field Descriptions • • • •
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Dimensions Cubes (system calculated once dimensions entered) Weight = one empty storage container/shipping carton o System will add this weight to the weight of the item Tolerance = used with shipping carton o Tolerance indicates the minimum and maximum percentage the carton should be filled for shipping. Ship Priority = shipping carton o Shipping priority is used to determine which carton it should consider 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. in carton recommendation. The system will look from large to small. Shipping Container (should say carton) o YES = shipping carton and Storage container o NO = is only a storage container Available Carton = shipping carton o Is the carton available for shipping.
Location Profile (P46020)
Check the Recommend Crtn flag to use Shipping Carton Recommendation for this specific location. Based on the Picking Instruction, the Carton Recommendation flag should be turned on for all the picking locations.
Set up carton Recommendation Methods for Items in the Item Unit of Measure Definition •
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Assign Method in Carton Recommendation Method o Method blank = none o Method 1 = Volume based Base recommendation on the Volume of the item and shipping carton. o Method 2 = Percent based Base recommendation on the Percentage of the carton the item will occupy. When using fill percent the system does not use the dimensions set up in the P46011 all. Note: Tests below use Percentage Based.
Define fill percentages for Items or Item Groups in Item/Carton Setup by Item or Item Group (P46013) Item/Carton Set up by Item (P46013) off menu G46311 Container Code, fill in if the storage container needs to be considered as part of the item dimension, i.e. the item will be in a storage container when it is picked to be shipped • • •
For example, the carton can hold up to 100% (Four Eaches). 25% means that one item takes up (fills up) 25% of the carton. This indicates how much a single quantity of the UOM including a Storage Container will take up in the carton.
Task and Trip Creation (R46471) Processing Options Setup Processing Options for Task and Trip Creation (R46471) has to be set to perform Carton Recommendation. The Task and Trip Creation (R46471) UBE needs to be set up in the Versions Tab on the Process Pick Request (R46171) version if the carton recommendation process is to be done at the same time the suggestion is generated.
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Sales Order Entry (P4210) Enter in a Sales Order for the item that was setup for Cartonization.
First Move Slip (R46472) shows Carton (CTON) used up to its maximum capacity (4 EA).
Second Move Slip (R46472) shows a second carton recommended with the remaining quantities on the Sales Order.
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System Considerations The system will process lines on a sales order as follows. It will take the first line put it to the 1st sequence number carton. It will go to the 2nd line of the order and if the system is looking at the same box the system will attempt to put it into that carton. If it fits it goes to the third line to process. If the second line doesn’t fit, the system takes that line from the first box and goes to the next carton. The first box will have the first item and then the system will attempt to downsize the box. The system also does not use tolerances as hard rules. For Example, if a box is 100 Cubic inches large and the minimum percent setup is as 85% and the next largest box is 50 cubic inches, there is a gap between the two boxes. If an order comes through that is for 60 cubic inches, the system will suggest the largest carton even though it is below the minimum tolerance. It is advisable that the minimum tolerance for a box overlaps the maximum tolerance for the next largest box. Back to Top