We are going live this fall and am I working through the picking process for goods shipping directly from stock. We have AMM, handhelds, and all the goodies, but am interested in figuring out how to pick material for shipping such that we can see that a particular SO/L/Rel has been picked.
Our basic process consists of printing a Shipping picklist and then performing an inventory transfer of the material from one of our stocking warehouses to the "Shipping" Warehouse and "Staging" Bin. Then the shipping clerks can see what is in that bin and know that the material is available to ship. The challenge is when we have multiple sales orders that are wanting the same part number. The clerk has no way of knowing that the material that has been picked and placed in the staging area is for SO11001 and not for SO11002 unless he physically finds it and looks at the paperwork.
My understanding is that Epicor has some method that we can use to make an allocation of some type that indicates that this particular SO/L/R has been picked. Ideally we would like for the inventory clerk who is pulling the material from the inventory warehouses and transferring it to the shipping warehouse to notify the system that this movement or activity is for the purpose of staging/allocating/picking for a specific SO/L/R.
Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to go about this? Possibly an article, a doc, or a helpfile that would explain this process?
Thanks,
Tom
Our basic process consists of printing a Shipping picklist and then performing an inventory transfer of the material from one of our stocking warehouses to the "Shipping" Warehouse and "Staging" Bin. Then the shipping clerks can see what is in that bin and know that the material is available to ship. The challenge is when we have multiple sales orders that are wanting the same part number. The clerk has no way of knowing that the material that has been picked and placed in the staging area is for SO11001 and not for SO11002 unless he physically finds it and looks at the paperwork.
My understanding is that Epicor has some method that we can use to make an allocation of some type that indicates that this particular SO/L/R has been picked. Ideally we would like for the inventory clerk who is pulling the material from the inventory warehouses and transferring it to the shipping warehouse to notify the system that this movement or activity is for the purpose of staging/allocating/picking for a specific SO/L/R.
Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to go about this? Possibly an article, a doc, or a helpfile that would explain this process?
Thanks,
Tom