Executing the Picking 

Use

You now monitor the processing status of your picking waves using a monitor. You use the monitor to trigger a two-step picking for one of the picking waves. As the name implies, two-step picking splits the picking operation into two separate steps. In the first step, the total quantity of the required materials is taken from the warehouse and brought to a temporary storage area (material withdrawal). In the second step, the withdrawn quantities are allocated to the individual deliveries and sent to the relevant goods issue zones (stock allocation).

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
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    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Outbound Process ® Goods Issue for Outbound Delivery ® Picking ® Picking Waves ® Monitor

    Transaction Code

    VL37

  2. Enter the following data:
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    Field

    Data

    Warehouse number

    001

    Group (first field)

    First group number

    Group (second field)

    Second group number

  3. Choose .
  4. Choose Settings ® Display variant ® Choose.
  5. In the dialog box, select variant IDES-001, then choose Copy.
  6. Select the + symbol in the first line. You now see a list of the corresponding deliveries.

    7. The system displays the processing statuses of the picking waves in the status fields. The list has two levels. The top level represents the picking wave, the second level represents the corresponding deliveries.

  7. Select the first group, then choose Subseq. processing ® 2-step picking ® Analysis ® Analysis of 2-step procedure.
  8. Retain the defaulted entries, and choose .
  9. Position your cursor on the Pick line, then choose Create TOs.
  10. Retain the defaulted entries, and choose .

    11. The removal must be confirmed. This confirmation informs the system that the transfer order has been processed and that the goods have reached their destination.

  11. Position your cursor on the Pick line, then choose Goto ® Confirm TOs.

    12. You see that the transfer order consists of several items. The number of items depends on how many storage bins the system requires to prepare the quantities requested in the transfer order. Each transfer order item contains two or three subsections that detail the stock movement. The system displays a Source storage bin and a Target storage bin for each item. Due to the picking control for the high rack storage area (storage type 001) one complete pallet is always removed from the Source storage bin. If there is a remainder quantity, the system also specifies a return storage bin. For storage type 001 it is defined that the remainder quantity is to be returned to the source storage bin.

  12. Choose Remaining.
  13. Choose .
  14. Choose Data.
  15. Position your cursor on the Pick line, then choose .

    16. The removal operation has now been completed. The material quantities required for the deliveries of the picking waves are now in a temporary storage area, from which they are allocated to the various deliveries.

    You now perform this second step of the 2-step picking process.

  16. Position your cursor on the Allocation line, then choose Create TOs.
  17. Enter the following data:
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    Field

    Data

    Warehouse number

    001

    Group

    First group number is defaulted

    Process Flow

    Background

    Adopt picking quantity

    1

  18. Choose Start multiple proc.
  19. Choose .
  20. Choose twice.
  21. In the dialog box, choose Yes.
  22. Choose Data.
  23. Position your cursor on the allocation line, then choose .

    24. The allocation operation has now been completed. The material quantities required for the deliveries of the picking waves have now been allocated to the deliveries, and are located in the goods issue zone. The current system setting defines that the items of the transfer orders generated by the allocation do not have to be confirmed. This means that you do not have to execute an explicit confirmation.

  24. Position your cursor on the Allocation line, then choose Display TOs.

    25. You see that a transfer order has been generated for each of the three deliveries of the picking wave.

  25. Position your cursor on the first item of the first transfer order, then choose .

    26. You see the reference to the delivery (see sales document). The transfer is made from the temporary storage area (storage type 200) to the shipping zone for the delivery (storage type 916).

  26. Choose until the Picking Wave Monitor: List screen appears.
  27. Choose .

    28. You can see that the status of the WM activities for the processed groups is completed.

  28. Remain on this screen.