Consolidation

Introduction

Consolidation is the process to optimize the usage of the carriers. When there are two carriers with the same article, there is enough space and the weight is acceptable, the system will try to combine them.

How it works

StockControl can handle a request to create a Consolidation order. This request contains a zone and a carriertype.

The zone is required, if there is no carriertype, stock control falls back to the default “STOCKCARRIER“

As stockcontrol receives a request it tries to find 2 matching carriers as follows:

1. StockControl searches for a carrier of the defined type in the zone

2. StockControl searches for an other carrier containing the same article in the same zone

3. If both carriers contain exactly the same articles, StockControl check that the combine weight and volume don’t exceed the given settings for that carriertype

4. When all conditions are met, the consolidation order is created

Pocket App

Consolidation orders appear under the move button in the main selection screen.

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Clicking the ‘Move’ button will show the available order(s).

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When the destination carrier is scanned, the consolidation screen will show up, showing the scanned carrier in green. The next action is displayed in the ‘Connection instructions’ field.

Scanning the source carrier will show it in green and the next action is displayed in the ‘Connection instructions’ field.

When all items are moved into the destination carrier you can finish by clicking the ‘Move Stock’ button. The application will return to the order selection screen.

Article check

After scanning both destination and source carrier, the picker can verify that he is handling the right article by scanning its barcode. The Pocket App will inform the picker if he has the correct article.