This activity is used to define the level of consolidation to be used for transport tasks at your site or warehouse. This mandatory task is to be performed by a system administrator or equivalent person.
The automatic consolidation at your site can be defined for some different levels:
Type |
Description |
Part By |
Consolidation can be done for all parts, for a specific part or per specific configuration. |
Source By |
Consolidation can be done regardless of the source of the transport, per order ref1 or for the full order reference. |
From Location By |
Consolidation for the from location on the transport task can be done for any of the levels in the warehouse structure. |
To Location By |
Consolidation for the to location on the transport task can be done for any of the levels in the warehouse structure. |
In addition to the setup of consolidation levels, it is also possible to define the maximum number of pallets that should be allowed on a transport task during automatic consolidation.
The automatic consolidation at your warehouse can be defined for some different levels:
Type |
Description |
From Location By |
Consolidation for the from-location on the transport task can be done for any of the levels in the warehouse structure. |
To Location By |
Consolidation for the to-location on the transport task can be done for any of the levels in the warehouse structure. |
Note: It is optional to define automatic consolidation at your warehouse. The warehouse inherits the automatic consolidation defined on the site. But if the user defines automatic consolidation on the warehouse it will override the automatic consolidation defined on the site.
The automatic consolidation of transport tasks per site and warehouse is defined.
Site/Extended Site Info/Inventory
Site/Extended Site
Info/Inventory/Transport
Task
Warehouse Navigator/Transport Task
From the Site window.
From the Warehouse Navigator window.