Packing Together Rules
The packing together rules determine which orders may be picked together and packed into the same load carrier (PTU or SSCC) during packing. These rules are controlled via flags on the warehouse shipment and affect picking, serial distribution, and packing.
The consolidation number is assigned based on these rules and controls which orders may be processed together.
Basic Rules
The following conditions must be met for orders to be allowed to be packed together:
- Orders must belong to the same warehouse shipment. Exception: In series-oriented picking (SOP), orders can be consolidated across warehouse shipments
- Order Specific WS flag must be set to not active. If it were active, each order would have to be picked and packed separately
- By Shipping address flag must be set to active. This enables various order handling
- Unloading place must be the same for all orders
- Packing team: must be the same for PTUs, can differ for SSCCs
If multiple orders meet all these conditions, they receive the same consolidation number and may be picked and packed together.
Flags on the Warehouse Shipment
Order Specific WS flag:
- Enforces order-pure picking and packing
- Each order must be picked and packed separately
- Affects conventional picking methods (parallel/serial), multi-order picking (MOP) as well as serial distribution
- Does not affect series-oriented picking (SOP), as picking is done across orders anyway
By Shipping address flag:
- Allows packing orders together (various order handling)
- Orders may be packed together if all conditions mentioned above are met
Hinweis
Source documents with the same shipping address are always consolidated, even if the customer number differs
Default behavior (Order Specific WS flag = True, by shipping address flag = False):
- No various order handling
- Each order is treated separately
- Orders are not packed together
Consolidation Number
The consolidation number is assigned based on the packing together rules:
- Orders with the same consolidation number: May be picked and packed together
- Orders with different consolidation numbers: Must be picked and packed separately
The generation of the consolidation number differs depending on the picking method:
Conventional picking (parallel/serial) and MOP:
- A separate consolidation number is generated per order
- If multiple orders meet the packing together rules, they receive the same consolidation number
- Order reference is maintained
Series-oriented picking (SOP):
- One consolidation number per SOP batch (considering the packing together rules)
- Can be across warehouse shipments
- Order reference is restored in serial distribution
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