Order Management parameters

In TWL Web module, parameters are set to ensure the system is performing according to your company's operational standards. Your tasks are affected by how your TWL administrator set up system parameters. Ensure your TWL administrator has set these parameters to reflect your needs. For your information, task-related parameters are described in this section. The name, parameter type, level, value, and description are provided for each parameter. The default for each parameter is identified as [default].

Parameter ID:0018

Name
Order Drop Criteria
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
Select one or more of these values:
  • Cross Dock
  • Full Pallet
  • Pallet Primary
  • Case Primary
  • Split-Case Primary
  • Zone Pick Sequence
  • FIFO
  • Counter Primary
  • Counter Zone
Description
Default Order Drop Criteria Values.
These are the default criteria types available when assigning order drop sequences through the Order Drop Manager.
Any change to this parameter requires changes to the order drop allocation code!

Parameter ID:0020

Name
Inventory Discrepancy
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Warehouse
Value
  • Adjust Quantity
  • Zero Ship Line
  • Skip Order
  • Hold Order for Partial Fill [default]
Description
Inventory Discrepancy
The inventory quantity parameter is assigned to establish how to handle inventory discrepancies when dropping orders. Example, the order requests 50 and the warehouse has 35.
Order dropping is a two step process. The first step allocates an entire order. The second step is to create the necessary picks, replenishments, and stock movements for the order and wave. All the options below occur during the first step.
The options are:
1) Adjust Quantity
Automatically adjust the order line quantity down to the warehouse available quantity. The remaining quantity can be processed in a new order, or canceled on the host system.
2) Zero Ship Line
By zero shipping the order line, not one unit for this order line will be shipped. The order line immediately becomes shipped. The rest of the order will also be processed. If this is the only line for the order, then the order will be marked and processed as shipped.
3) Skip Order
The order must be filled to completion, when any portion of the order is unable to be filled, the system removes any allocations and skips the order.
4) Hold Order for Partial Fill
When the quantities don't match, accept any available quantity. If not one line in an order can be at least partially allocated then skip the order.
NOTE:
When dropping from the Exceptions screen or when dropping using the 'Drop without Appserver' option from the Order Drop Manager screen, the user will always be prompted for the best solution.

Parameter ID:0025

Name
Pick Ticket/Label Program
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Warehouse
Value
Specify the appropriate program name.
Description
Pick Ticket/Label Program
Enter the program name for either printing the summary pick ticket or the pick label when dropping orders.
If this program is for label printing add "-label" after the program name.
Example:
gen_pick.p (Report)
gen_pick.p-label (Label)

Parameter ID:0026

Name
Pick Ticket Size
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
  • Disable [default]
  • Enable
Description
Pick Quantity Size
Generate a pick ticket for each unit of each item?
If this option is enabled, the system will print a pick ticket(request) for each item unit on the order. Enabling this option also facilitates printing a separate label for each item if so desired.
If this option is disabled, then each pick request can contain multiple units to be picked, up to the maximum pallet quantity for each item.
Examples:
Suppose that we want to pick 10 units of item ABC from pallets that hold a maximum of 3 units of ABC.
If this option is enabled, then 10 pick requests will be generated. One for each unit of ABC.
If this option is disabled, then 4 pick requests will be generated. One for each set of 3 units on the pallets, and 1 single-unit pick, for a total of 10 units:
((3 x 3) + 1).

Parameter ID:2000

Name
Wave Size
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Warehouse
Value
Specify a numeric value between 1 and 999. [default=5]
Description
Wave Size
The maximum limit on the number of orders in a wave.
For assisting warehouse labor planning, the system allows a limit to be placed on a wave size. The value entered in this system parameter, controls the maximum order count for all waves dropped. The value represents the upper limit. So, if the system is assigned to fifty orders in a wave, there will never be fifty-one orders combined in one wave. Although, there may be anywhere from one to exactly fifty orders in a wave.
Orders are assigned into wave numbers by sequential order. Assuming you are dropping eighty orders, the first fifty will be in the first wave. The remaining orders will be in the second wave.
For no upper limit on the wave size, set the size to zero.
Please note that this limit is not applicable for host assigned waves.
Example:
The system is dropping 155 orders. The wave size is set at 50 orders.
The result of dropping these orders is four waves. The first three waves would each contain fifty orders each. The final five orders are placed in the final wave.

Parameter ID:2019

Name
Adjustment Orders, In
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
Specify an appropriate code, such as STKIN. [default=STKIN]
Description
The adjustment code used for Adjustment type orders when the inventory level is negative. In effect, what stock adjustment do we use when adjusting up inventory levels?

Parameter ID:2020

Name
Adjustment Orders, Out
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
Specify an appropriate code, such as STKOUT. [default=STKOUT]
Description
The adjustment code used for Adjustment type orders when the inventory level is positive. In effect, what stock adjustment do we use when adjusting down inventory levels?

Parameter ID:2021

Name
Customs Adjustment Code
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
Specify an appropriate code, such as CSOUT. [default=CSOUT]
Description
What stock adjustment code do you want applied to the adjustment? The stock adjustment is applied through the Inventory Control, Customs Hold screen.

Parameter ID:2025

Name
Pick Ticket/Label Print
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
  • No
  • Yes [default]
Description
Do you want to print a summary pick ticket or labels when dropping orders?
The program used to print is defined by parameter 0025.

Parameter ID:2027

Name
Full Cartons
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Warehouse
Value
  • Single Location Case Pick
  • One Carton per Pick
  • Multiple Cartons per Pick [default]
  • Single Loc. Split/Case Pick
Description
Break By Carton
When creating picks for an order, should the system break picks by full carton? This system parameter is used to determine how to pick from the Full Case Primary location, the Split Case Primary Location, and bulk. This parameter is not used when picking full pallets, or from the back order location. It would also have no effect if there is no primary case location.
Example:
Pick of 118 units, where there is a split primary and a case primary with a case size of 50.
Single Location Case Pick
1 case pick of 118
One Carton per Pick
2 case picks of 50, 1 split pick of 18
Multiple Cartons per Pick
1 case pick of 100, 1 split pick of 18
Single Location Split/Case Pick
1 split pick of 118 (If pick of 100 it would be 1 case pick of 100 because that consists of complete cases.)

Parameter ID:2028

Name
Labor Items
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Warehouse
Value
  • No: Lines containing labor items are skipped.
  • Yes: Picks are created for labor items when the Order Drop Manager is processing a labor item. [default]
Description
Labor Items
Do you create a pick for labor items? If a pick is created for a labor item, the pick is in the Labor location?
Use this system parameter to create the picks, when the Order Drop Manager is processing a labor item, or to skip the order line.

Parameter ID:2031

Name
Auto Drop Run Log
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
Specify the full directory path. [default=0]
Description
Enter the full directory path where Auto Drop Rules Run Logs will be located.

Parameter ID:2053

Name
BOD Kit With Required Component
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Warehouse
Value
  • Skip Order
  • Zero Ship Kit [default]
Description
BOD kit handling with required components.
How should BOD kits be handled during the order drop process when inventory is not available for a required component?
If "Zero Ship Kit" then the BOD line will be zero shipped on the order if any required components are not available for allocation.
If "Skip Order" then the entire order will be skipped for review.

Parameter ID:2054

Name
Prebuilt Kit Without Inventory
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
  • Zero Ship Kit [default]
  • Skip Order
Description
Prebuilt kit handling without inventory.
How should Prebuilt kits be handled during the order drop process when inventory is not available for a component?
If "Zero Ship Kit" then the BOD line will be zero shipped on the order if any components are not available for allocation.
If "Skip Order" then the entire order will be skipped for review.

Parameter ID:2111

Name
Partial Primary UOM Pick
Parameter Type
Order Management
Level
Global
Value
  • No [default]
  • Yes
Description
Pick partial UOM from Primaries?
During Order Dropping, can the system pick partial units of measure from a Primary Location?
Example:
Split Case Primary is empty, and Case Primary has available stock.
Can we pick less than a case (an each) from the Case Primary?

Parameter ID: 7510

Name
Order Drop By Lot Size
Parameter Type
Order Manager
Level
Warehouse
Value
  • Yes: Allow
Description
Efficient Lot Size Order Dropping
This parameter will supercede the standard default order dropping criteria by allocating inventory based on quantities closest, but not smaller than the order quantity.
Note: Multiple Allocations May Occur