Releasing Groups 

Once you have assigned deliveries or transfer requirements to a group, you can release groups at a later time. Two things can happen when you release a group:

Printing Transfer Order Documents from a Multiple Processing List

To print transfer order documents from an multiple processing list, choose  TransOrder   ® Multiple processing  ® Release/print from the WM menu bar.

In some cases, you may want to create transfer orders using the multiple processing function, and print the documents for them at a later time.

The prerequisite for using this option is that you have set up the print parameters for picking lists so that documents are not printed as soon as the transfer orders are created.

To reprint existing picking lists that have been released and printed previously, choose TransOrder  ®   Print  ® Pick list (reprint) from the WM menu bar.

See also:

Printing Transfer Orders and Labels

Sending Communication Records to a Warehouse Control Unit

The release of communication records to a warehouse control unit (WCU) takes place as follows:

  1. When the system creates transfer orders for multiple processing (using a group number), each transfer order item intended for a WCU is sent in the form of an intermediate document (IDoc) to a WCU.
  2. When a group is released, the system also sends a "release record" in the form of an IDoc to all WCUs affected by the group. Once the communication record is sent, the processing of the transfer orders in the multiple processing list can begin.

For information on how to set up WM for interaction with an automated storage and retrieval system, refer to Automated Warehousing Systems.