Cross-Dock Planning Tool 

Definition

The cross-dock planning tool is a tool that enables you to analyze the cross-docking opportunities for a selected population of planning documents, and create cross-docking decisions.

 

Use

You can access the cross-dock planning tool from the cross-docking monitor in one of two ways:

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       1.      Directly from the monitor selection screen. For more information, see Opening the Cross-Docking Monitor.

       2.      Invoking the Plan Cross-Docking monitor method. For more information, see Opening the Cross-Dock Planning Tool.

Using the cross-dock planning tool, you can view the cross-docking decisions recommended by the system and either add them to the plan or create your own decisions. The tool also provides a number of functions that provide assistance in creating cross-docking decisions, including:

·        Changing the view resolution (document, item and shipment resolutions)

·        Showing the links between documents

·        Scheduling locations for cross-docking decisions

 

Structure

The cross-dock planning tool user interface comprises of the following areas:

Inbound and Outbound Document Areas

The Inbound document area is located on the top left side of the screen, with the Outbound document area being located on the top right side. The inbound and outbound documents are identified as planning or candidate documents, depending on the planning direction.

Both areas consist of the following parts:

·        ALV summarizing the main, relevant details of the documents and their loads

·        ALV tool bars, containing buttons for the main methods that can be used, including:

¡        Displaying links between documents

¡        Showing link-related information

Document items that do not contain at least one load (according to the palletization data of the material) are not displayed.

 

Selected Plan Area

The Selected Plan area is located on the bottom of the screen, underneath the Inbound/Outbound document areas.

This area consists of the following parts:

·        ALV summarizing any cross-docking decisions that are added to the plan

·        ALV toolbar, containing buttons for plan-related methods such as:

¡        Saving a decision to the plan

¡        Deleting a decision from the plan

¡        Checking if scheduling is possible for a decision

The ALV methods for each of the aforementioned areas include regular ALV functions, such as sorting, filtering and changing the layout.

 

Main Toolbar

The main toolbar is located at the top of the screen, above the Inbound and Outbound document areas. It contains buttons for general methods such as:

·        Adding a decision to the plan

·        Recalculating the system recommendation

·        Changing the view resolution