Loading and Unloading Using Radio Frequency 

Use

You can also execute loading and unloading using a radio frequency presentation device (RF presentation device).

Prerequisites

●     You have logged on in the RF environment.

●     You have defined a warehouse order creation rule of the type Load/Unload and have specified the number of loading employees who are to execute the higher-level warehouse order in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) under Cross-Process Settings  ® Warehouse Order ® Define Creation Rule for Warehouse Orders.

Features

You can use this function to have multiple loading employees load or unload a transportation unit, even if the entire transportation unit corresponds to only one warehouse order. In this case, the system creates a higher-level warehouse order that contains all WTs for the HUs of the transportation unit.

Activities

The following describes an example of unloading a truck with four HUs and two loading employees. Loading works in the same way.

       1.      When the system finds a warehouse order creation rule of the type Load/Unload, it creates a higher-level warehouse order with four WTs.

       2.      In accordance with the warehouse order creation rule, the system creates two warehouse orders for the two loading employees who are to unload the HUs. These two warehouse orders are linked to the higher-level warehouse order, but do not have any WTs.

       3.      The system transfers the two warehouse orders as executable to resource management. They are now ready to be processed in the RF environment.

       4.      The system transfers the two warehouse orders to the two loading employees. They go to the relevant trucks (in accordance with the warehouse order).

       5.      As soon as the two loading employees scan the first HU, the system automatically moves the relevant WT from the higher-level warehouse order to the warehouse order belonging to the relevant loading employee.

       6.      Both loading employees unload all the HUs and confirm the corresponding WTs. The higher-level warehouse order no longer contains any WTs, since the system has distributed them to the lower-level warehouse orders. After the loading employees have confirmed the last WT, all warehouse orders involved are completed (in other words, confirmed or canceled). This would also be the case, even if only one loading employee had unloaded the truck.