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Grouping Function in the Picking Job Type
Grouping Function in the Picking Job Type

How to add a grouping function to a picking job type.

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Written by Sam Andrew
Updated over 7 months ago

While creating a picking job type, users can also add a grouping function to the job type. Only one grouping option can be selected. If you need to group the orders based on an attribute and pick them based on these groups, you can use the Job Grouping functionality to create jobs with ease. For example, if you need to create multiple jobs for each location zone, you can use this functionality to group the orders that will be picked from the same location zone.

To learn about creating a picking job type, please see this article.

Options will be:

  • Location zone

  • Product group

  • Carrier

  • Area Type

  • Client

  • Order Tag

Operation logic of those functions:

  • Client and Carrier

Every order can have only one client and carrier. So, groups will be created directly according to the client or carrier on the order.

For example;

Order Code

Carrier

Client

SO1

Carrier1

ClientA

SO2

Carrier1

ClientA

SO3

Carrier2

ClientA

SO4

Carrier2

ClientA

SO5

Carrier2

ClientB

SO6

Carrier3

ClientB

SO7

Carrier3

ClientB

SO8

Carrier3

ClientB

If the Carrier is selected for the grouping, 3 groups will be created;

Group 1: SO1 and SO2

Group 2: SO3, SO4 and SO5

Group 3: SO7, SO8 and SO9

If the Client is selected for the grouping, 2 groups will be created;

Group 1: SO1, SO2, SO3 and SO4

Group 2: SO5, SO6, SO7 and SO8

  • Product Group and Order Tag

Orders can have more than one product group and order tag at a time. So, the system will create groups and put the orders in those groups by an order.

Order Code

Tags

Product Groups

SO1

A

A, B

SO2

A

A, C

SO3

A, B, C

B, C

SO4

B, C

B

SO5

B, D

D, E, F

SO6

C

D, F

SO7

C, D

D, F

SO8

C

D, H

If the order tag is selected for the grouping, 3 groups will be created.

Group 1: The system will create a group for the orders that have A.

  • SO1, SO2, SO3

Group 2: No orders remaining with A. So, a group will be created for the orders that have B. SO3 also has B, but it has been assigned already.

  • SO4 and SO5

Group 3: The last 3 orders will be directly assigned to that group because of having a C tag.

  • SO6, SO7 and SO8

If the product group is selected for the grouping, 3 groups will be created.

Group 1: The system will create a group for the orders that have A.

  • SO1 and SO2

Group 2: The system will create a group for the orders that have B.

  • SO3 and SO4

Group 3: No need to create a group for the orders that have C. So, the system will create a group for the orders that have D.

  • SO5, SO6, SO7 and SO8

  • Location Zone and Area Type

Order Code

Location Zone

Area Type

SO1

A

A, B

SO2

A

A, C

SO3

A, B, C

B, C

SO4

B, C

B

SO5

B, D

D, E, F

SO6

C

D, F

SO7

C, D

D, F

SO8

C

D, H


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