Picking options

Your warehouse can be set up as a pick-to-tote warehouse, in which you pick products and put products in reusable totes or carts. Or, your warehouse can be set up as a pick-to-pack warehouse, in which you put picked products directly into a carton or shipping container.

If the Parameter 1015 (Extended Serial Checks) is enabled by the TWL administrator, an additional validation is performed for the serial number during the picking process.

Pick to tote

In a pick-to-tote environment, you can pick products for several orders with one pass of a zone. Do this by placing picked products into intermediate totes or bins that are affixed to a movable cart. In addition, you can estimate the size of the carton required for the order by looking at the contents in the tote. A tote-based picking document, containing information relating to the contents of the tote, automatically prints upon the completion of the picking process. Your administrator can set parameter 7514 to activate this functionality.

Parameter 7008, Order Notes, determines the type of notes to be printed on the tote-based picking document.

Pick-to-pack

In a pick-to-pack environment, you place the products you pick immediately into a shipping container or on a truck pallet. Because products are picked from the shelf and put directly into a shipping container, the packing process is eliminated.

The products are directly packed after picking, if one of these pick-to-pack settings is configured:

  • The Pick to Pack Item check box is selected in the Miscellaneous section on the TWL Configuration-Item Setup screen.
  • The Pick to Pack Employee Override check box is selected in the RF Security section on the TWL Administration-RF Employee Setup screen.
  • The Packing Type field is set to Pick to Pack in the Warehouse Parameters section on the TWL Configuration-TWL Warehouse Setup screen.

Picking parameter 1060, Carton Validation, controls what you pack in a single carton. Your administrator can set parameter 7011 to notify you when the order is fully packed.

The SXe Pack Slip is printed after an order is fully packed. For more information, see Packing lists.

Quick pack

Parameter 1055, Quick Pack, determines if your warehouse uses the Quick pack option, and you pack all the products from a tote into one carton without scanning each item. Ensure that the Quick Pack Allowed option is selected in the RF Security section of TWL Administration-RF Employee Setup for each RF employee record to enable this feature. This option is selected by default.

Parameter 1051, Packing Option, determines the scanning order and packing configuration, and you have these options:

  • Carton from Totes: This option allows the packer to quickly pack a carton from a tote. The packer will be asked to scan a carton and then the tote.
  • Tote to Cartons: This option allows the packer to quickly pack many cartons from one tote. This feature should be used for warehouses which pick large orders to one tote identifier or one order to a tote. The packer will be asked to scan a tote and then scan the cartons the tote contents will be packed in.