Infoplus Product Update - August 9 2024

The Headlines: 

In our latest release, we're excited to reveal the implementation of a new table and feature!

• Running Alternate Pick

• Shorted Work Table

• Block Shipping for Unresolved Short Work

• Substitution when Alternate Pick is Not Available ("Alt Pick Short Pick")

Running Alternate Pick

*User must have permission to run alternate pick

New settings/configurations:

• Warehouse > Ship Station Criteria > Block Shipping for Unresolved Work (more on this below)
• Fulfillment Plan > Select Alternate Pick Location
  • If set to "True", this allows the user to bypass the current Allocation Rules in place for an Item (exclusions from this include Frozen and/or Damaged inventory; Item Receipts with future distribution dates; and Non-pickable/LPN locations). If the Fulfillment Plan uses a Location Filter, any locations that are not included in the filter are excluded.
  • If set to "False", an alternate pick location will be assigned that will follow any Allocation Rules in place for that Item.
     
    • If the Fulfillment Plan is using a Location Filter, this will override the Allocation Rule(s).
• Fulfillment Plan > Auto Create Cycle Count Work
  • If set to "True", Cycle Count Work is automatically generated when Alternate Pick is ran to verify there is no inventory in the shorted location,
  • If set to "False", this does not occur.

Process for Alternate Pick

During the picking process, if the picking location does not actually contain the full pick amount and the user selects Short Ticket, the User has the option to run the Alternate Pick process from the mobile app.

If the User runs Alternate Pick and the Fulfillment Plan setting Select Alternate Pick Location is set to "True", the User will be presented with a list of all eligible alternate locations and can choose the Alternate Pick Location.

If the User runs Alternate Pick and Select Alternate Pick Location is set to "False", the system will assign the Alternate Pick Location itself.

When an Alternate Pick Location is successfully assigned, the original Location's quantity will be adjusted to bring its quantity to zero and new pick ticket(s) will be created. The User is presented with the option to perform the alternate pick work now or later.

If the User chooses Now, the User will be prompted to perform Alternate Pick Work immediately.

If Later is chosen, the Alternate Pick Work ticket is moved to the end of all pick work in the work batch.

If Alternate Pick Location is successfully assigned and Auto Create Cycle Count Work is set to "True", then Cycle Count Work will be generated for the Location of the Short Pick.

If no Alternate Pick Locations are found and the shorted item does not have any substitutions in place, the User is prompted to review the process in the desktop application. The User will need to run the No Stock Recovery process to adjust related order, shipping, and inventory information.

If no Alternate Pick Locations are found and the shorted item has a substitution in place, the User has the option to use the substitution SKU to fulfill the Order. Pick work is then created for the substitution SKU.

Shorted Work Table

When the Alternate Pick process is run, a record is inserted into the new Shorted Work table.

• Alternate Pick location successfully found
  • A record is inserted in the table with a status of In Progress.
  • Once the alternate pick is performed, the status will change to Complete.
• Alternate Pick location not found
  • A record is inserted in the table with a status of Not Started.

The status of records on this table will update to Cancelled if all orders containing the shorted item(s) are unfulfilled.

Block Shipping for Unresolved Short Work

This configuration works in conjunction with the Shorted Work table.

When to "True": If an order contains a line Item that was short picked and the record in the Shorted Work table has a status of Not Started or In Progress, an error message is received and the Order cannot be shipped. To resolve this issue, the Alternate Pick Work must be performed; if no alternate locations exist, the No Stock Recovery process must be run.

When set to "False": If an order contains a line Item that was short picked and the record in the Short Work table has a status of Not Started or In Progress, a warning message is received. Once the warning has been acknowledged, the Order can be shipped.

Substitution when Alternate Pick is Not Available

This feature provides users with more flexibility during the picking process. When running Alternate Pick and no other alternate pick locations are available, if the Item being short-picked has a substitution in place, the User may opt to use the substitution SKU to fulfill the Order.

Furthermore, if there are multiple substitutions in place, any substitution SKU in the substitution chain may be used to complete fulfillment.

Subsitution with only 1 substitution in place

• Pick ticket
  • ALTERNATE Qty: 3
• The picker arrives at the pick location and there are only 2 in the pick locatino
• Pick ticket is shorted and Alternate Pick is run
  
• No other alternate pick locations are found
• The user has the option to confirm the substitution. If confirmed, a new work ticket is generated and the user may proceed with fulfillment using the substitution SKU. If substitution is not confirmed, the No Stock Recovery process will need to be run.

• Pick ticket
  • ALTERNATE Qty: 3
• The picker arrives at the pick location and there are only 2 in the pick location
• Pick ticket is shorted and Alternate Pick is run
  
• No other alternate pick locations are found
• A list of possible substitutions will be presented to the user
• After selecting a substitution SKU, a new work ticket is generated to perform the pick work.
  
• If the user does not want to substitute the shorted item, the No Stock Recovery process will need to be run.

When Substitution is made

• The Order will reflect the substitution with a powerpill on the line item:
  
• Order line table will reflect the substitution.
• A shorted work record is inserted into the shorted work table for the newly generated work ticket.
• The original item is restored in place of the substituted item when the order is unfulfilled so that if unfulfillment occurs, the original record is restored.