Fleet Delivery Wave Maintenance

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Purpose

Create wave definitions to be used in routing management.

Overview

Use Fleet Delivery Wave Maintenance to define and maintain waves for an in house fleet delivery system. You can use routing management to facilitate picking, packing, loading, and delivery of products to customers. Routing management is comprised of creating routes, waves, and stops and associating the complete route to a customer's record. Routes correspond to truck routes, stops are the stops for each route, and waves are a group of routes.

To set up an integrated routing system, use Fleet Delivery Wave Maintenance and the following:

Fleet Delivery Route Maintenance - Create route definitions to identify a route to a specific wave.
Fleet Delivery Stop Maintenance - Create stop definitions to identify routes with specified customers.

After waves are defined, they can be used in the assignment of routes in Fleet Delivery Route Maintenance that can then become associated with stops for each route. If your company consists of several locations, you can define waves that are location specific.

Example You can create two waves: Wed&Fri ( Description: Wednesdays & Fridays Location: NJ - New Jersey) and Mon-Fri (Description: Mondays through Fridays). The first identifies a wave that consists of only two days and is specific to a single location. The second is a wave for each day of the week, however it is not location specific, therefore all warehouse locations can use this wave.

Creating Waves

To create a wave:

Click the New button in the ribbon.
Enter a wave name, up to 12 characters, in the Wave field.
Enter a detailed description for the wave in the Description field.
If you want to create a wave definition that is location specific, enter a valid location in the Location Prefix or Name field.
Enter a wave sequence number in the Wave Sequence field.
Click the OK button in the ribbon to accept the new wave definition. The wave is created.

Ribbon Home Tab Buttons

Button	Description
Exit	Click this button to close the Fleet Delivery Wave Maintenance window.
New	Click this button to create a new wave.
Update	Click this button to update the selected wave.
Delete	Click this button to delete the selected wave.
OK	Click this button to accept an action. This button is only available after you click the New, Update, or Delete button in the ribbon.
Cancel	Click this button to cancel an action. This button is only available after you click the New, Update, or Delete button in the ribbon.
First	Click this button to display the first wave.
Prev	Click this button to display the previous wave.
Next	Click this button to display the next wave.
Last	Click this button to display the last wave.

Fields and Buttons

Field or Button	Description
Wave	Enter the wave name, or click the Lookup button to select a wave name. The wave name can be up to 12 characters, and is used to identify the wave.

Main Tab Fields and Buttons

Field or Button	Description
Description	Enter a description of the wave. This is used to further clarify the wave identification.
Location Prefix	Enter a location prefix if the wave is location-specific, or click the Lookup button to select a location prefix.
Name	Enter a location name if the wave is location-specific, or click the Lookup button to select a location name.
Wave Sequence	Enter the display sequence. By assigning a wave sequence, you can display waves in order by wave sequence during pick demand creation and printing.
Resequence by	This field is disabled in this window.