Maintaining a Picking Slip (Priority, Picker, etc.) (v2.7)

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Maintaining a Picking Slip (Priority, Picker, etc.) (v2.7)

Paperless picking slips are assigned to the paperless queue. Every picking slip in the paperless queue is assigned a priority which determines the order in which the slips are downloaded to PDAs for picking. Those with a higher priority (lower number) appear higher up the list so they are picked first. That is, a slip with priority 1 will be picked before a slip with priority 10.

Technical Tip

There are no predefined picking slip priorities; they can be any value.

The initial priority of a picking slip can be set in a number of different places in your master files and company configuration. This is a complex topic. For more information, see "Setting the Initial Priority of Picking Slips" in the Mobile Applications manual.

The order in which picking slips are downloaded to PDAs also depends on whether a picker is assigned. If a specific picker is assigned to a picking slip, the slip can only be downloaded by PDAs that have that user logged in. If no picker is assigned to a picking slip, it is downloaded to the next available PDA according to its priority. If multiple slips are assigned to the same picker, the priority is used to determine which one is downloaded first.

Follow this procedure to:

change the priority of a picking slip
assign a picker to a picking slip, or change the picker to whom a picking slip is assigned
maintain other picking slip details such as courier, delivery date, run number, delivery manifest or courier pickup times
perform inquiries on picking slips.

To maintain picking slip details:

Open the Warehouse Scheduler.

Refer to "Displaying the Warehouse Scheduler".

Micronet displays the Warehouse Scheduler - Picking Slips tab.

In the Warehouse View field, select the picking slips you want to view. The options are:

Default Warehouse – view picking slips for your default warehouse only (v2.8 feature)
All Warehouse – view picking slips for all warehouses
All Invoices – view all invoiced picking slips to build a courier manifest (by default, these are not displayed in the Warehouse Scheduler)
a specific warehouse – view picking slips for that warehouse only.

Select FILE | REFRESH or press F2 to display the selected picking slips.

For more information about the fields on this tab, see "Viewing or Changing the Status of a Picking Slip (v2.7)".

Double click on the picking slip you want to maintain, or select a picking slip and press Enter.

Micronet displays the Select Process Slips screen.

Complete the following fields:

	Field	Value
	Debtors Number	Micronet displays the debtor ID and name for the order.
	Warehouse	Micronet displays the warehouse that the order is to be supplied from.
	Slip Number	Micronet displays the picking slip number.
	Order Number	Micronet displays the order number.
	Who Picked	If the order has already been picked, Micronet displays the user ID of the picker.
	Priority	Micronet displays the priority assigned to this picking slip. You can move the slip higher up the queue by entering a lower number (e.g. 1), or you can move the slip lower down the queue by entering a higher number (e.g. 50).
	Assign Picker	To assign a specific picker to this picking slip, enter the user ID of that picker or press spacebar then Enter to select from a list of Micronet users. When you assign a picker, the slip can only be downloaded by PDAs that have that user logged in.
	Run Number	Micronet displays the debtor's default run number for standing orders from the Debtors master file – see "File - Debtor - Debtor". You can change this if required. For more information on standing orders, see "Sales - Standing Orders".
	Date	Micronet displays the date on which the order was created.
	Type	The type of picking slip which may be one of the following: Paperless Picking – the slip was created in the Sales Force module on a PDA, in Micronet Online Ordering, or in an external web ordering system that is linked to Micronet via Data.Connect. It may also have been created in Micronet Invoice Creation and posted paperless. Slip – the slip was created in Micronet and requires printing out and manual picking.
	Status	Micronet displays the picking slip status. For more information on picking slip statuses, see "Viewing or Changing the Status of a Picking Slip (v2.7)".
	Linked Value	Micronet displays any other picking slips to which this picking slip is linked. For more information, see "Linking Picking Slips for Picking".
	Courier	Micronet displays the ID of any courier assigned to this order. You can press spacebar then Enter to select a courier. If a courier is selected in this field, Micronet assigns the slip the default initial priority for that courier if: the courier has been assigned a default priority in the Couriers master file – see "Adding a New Courier", and the Switch Debtor/Courier field is set to Yes on the Edit Warehouse Mobile Settings screen in your company configuration – see "General Settings".
	Delivery Date	Enter or select the delivery date for the order.
	Manifest No. (1-9)	Enter the number of the delivery manifest for this order. For more information about delivery manifests, refer to "Edit Schedule - Special - Build Manifest (v2.7)".
	Courier Pickup Times	Micronet displays the estimated closing times of couriers starting from Monday and continuing through to Sunday as entered in the Couriers master file – see "Couriers Master File". Micronet uses these to determine the priority of couriers in the Warehouse Scheduler. That is, slips are picked in accordance with the remaining open couriers. You can enter or change these if required.

Optionally, you can perform any of the following actions on the Select Process Slips screen if required:

inquire on a picking slip – see "Select Process Slips - Inquiry"
inquire on out of stock items on a picking slip – see "Select Process Slips - Out of Stocks".

When you have finished maintaining the picking slip, select the Accept button.

Micronet redisplays the Warehouse Scheduler - Picking Slips tab with the updated information.