Wireless Warehouse Manual Putaway Process Flow

Use the manual putaway process to putaway product from a receipt, without directing the warehouse user about which product to put away. If you want to instruct the user on the products to put away, you should use the Wireless Warehouse Directed Putaway Process Flow instead.

To perform the process, use the following steps:

Set up zone options for Wireless Warehouse manual putaway.
1. In Zone Maintenance, select a zone in which manual putaway will occur, and click the Update button in the ribbon.
2. Click the Task Options button in the ribbon.
3. In Zone Task Options, verify that Manual Putaway and Putdown are selected as task types for the zone.
4. Set up options for the Manual Putaway task type.
  1. Double-click Manual Putaway in the Task Types grid to display manual putaway task options.
  2. Click the Update button in the ribbon.
  3. Select Handheld or Both in the Task Option field to allow Wireless Warehouse users to perform manual putaway tasks.
  4. If you want manual putaway tasks to be automatically assigned to Wireless Warehouse users, select the Allow Auto Assign of Task Type check box.
  5. Enter a default priority for manual putaway tasks in the Default Priority field. Zero is the highest priority and 999 is the lowest priority. Usually, you should not use zero as a priority, so that there is at least one higher priority number available.
  6. Select whether Wireless Warehouse users must scan each unit of products, or can enter a quantity when performing the task.
  7. Select whether Wireless Warehouse users must scan the bin and/or product when performing a task.
  8. Select the Auto Print on Create check box if you want to automatically print the bin move demand when the task is created.
  9. Select an option in the Pick Bin Option radio set to indicate what to do when a user is not putting a product into the product's primary pick bin.
  10. Click the OK button in the ribbon to save options for the manual putaway task type.
5. Set up options for the Putdown task type.
  1. Double-click Putdown in the Task Types grid to display putdown task options.
  2. Click the Update button in the ribbon.
  3. Select Handheld or Both in the Task Option field to allow Wireless Warehouse users to perform putdown tasks.
  4. If you want putdown tasks to be automatically assigned to Wireless Warehouse users, select the Allow Auto Assign of Task Type check box.
  5. Enter a default priority for putdown tasks in the Default Priority field. Zero is the highest priority and 999 is the lowest priority. Usually, you should not use zero as a priority, so that there is at least one higher priority number available.
  6. Select whether Wireless Warehouse users must scan each unit of products, or can enter a quantity when performing a task.
  7. Select whether Wireless Warehouse users must scan the bin and/or product when performing a task.
  8. Select whether products are put down in the same order the products were picked up, in the reverse order, or in order by bin sequence number.
  9. Select the Allow Override Putdown Order check box if you want to allow users to put products down in the bin in an order other than the recommended order.
  10. Select the Allow All Product Putdown check box if you want to allow users to put down all products into bins without scanning each one.
  11. Select the Allow As Is check box if you want to allows users to put down all products in the recommended putaway bins without performing any scanning.
  12. Click the OK button in the ribbon to save options for the putdown task type.
6. Click the Exit button in the ribbon.
7. Repeat substeps a to f for all zones that will be used for Wireless Warehouse manual putaway.
In Receiving Entry, create a receipt, and receive products to a bin. For more information, see Processing Receipts.
Create manual putaway Wireless Warehouse tasks. This is performed by the warehouse manager.
1. In Warehouse Task Management, click the Create button in the ribbon.
2. In Message and Putaway Task Maintenance, select the Putaway radio button.
3. Click the New button in the ribbon.
4. Enter the user ID of the person who will be performing the task in the User field, or if a warehouse team will be performing the task, select the Team radio button, and enter the team ID of the team in the Team field.
5. Enter a receipt number for the receipt that is being put away in the Receipt Number field.
6. Select the Manual Putaway radio button.
7. Click the OK button in the ribbon. The task is created.
8. Click the Exit button in the ribbon.
9. Click the Show Data button in the ribbon in Warehouse Task Management to view the new manual putaway task information.
Perform the manual putaway task with a handheld device. This is performed by the warehouse employee.
1. At the Wireless Warehouse Handheld Menu on the handheld device, enter Get Next Task. The manual putaway task screen appears. For more information, see Wireless Warehouse - Manual Putaway. The bin displays at the top of the handheld screen to direct you to go to a specific bin.
2. Scan the bin from which you are putting away a product, or enter the bin name in the From Bin field. The Transit Bin field displays your user bin to indicate that you are picking up the product.
3. Scan the product you are putting away, or enter the product code, UPC, or GTIN in the SKU field. If you scan or enter a UPC that is associated with multiple product codes, a new handheld screen appears, which allows you to select the appropriate product code. If this screen appears, click a row in the grid to select a product.
4. If the unit of measure is not automatically entered, enter the unit of measure for the product in the U/M field.
5. If the product you scanned or entered in substep c is tracked by lot or serial number, scan the lot or serial number, or enter it in the Lot/Ser field.
6. If you are not required to scan each unit of the product, enter the quantity you are moving in the Qty field. If you are required to scan each unit of the product, repeat substeps c to e for all units.
7. To put away another product, select Tools $Images\bluerarw.gif$ Add Line, and repeat steps c to f.
8. When you are finished entering information for the products you are putting away, select Tools $Images\bluerarw.gif$ Done. This closes the manual putaway task and creates a putdown task, which immediately appears on the handheld device. For more information on putdown tasks, see Wireless Warehouse - Putdown.
9. If the bin into which you are putting the product away is not automatically entered in the To Bin field, scan the bin, or enter it in the field. The product code, quantity to put down, and unit of measure display at the top of the handheld screen.
10. Scan the product you are putting away, or enter the product code, UPC, or GTIN in the SKU field. If you are required to scan each unit of the product, scan all units until you have completed the task, and skip to substep m. If you are allowed to automatically record all products as put down, select Tools $Images\bluerarw.gif$ Auto Putdown to complete the putdown task.
11. If the unit of measure is not automatically entered, enter the unit of measure for the product in the U/M field. The expected quantity displays at the top of the handheld screen.
12. Enter the quantity you are putting down in the Qty field.
13. Repeat substeps i to l for all products. When you finish entering the last product, you have completed the task and the main menu appears.