Pick products for many orders in one tote
When multiple orders of the same products have been ordered, bulk picking comes in handy. The picker will be navigated to the bin location for the products to bulk pick. While picking, the picker may use multiple totes, but is not required.
Once all products have been picked, the tote can be scanned into the [Orders] > [Search] overview that will show all related orders. The packer is now able to determine the quantity per order to pack.
Setup pick list plan - bulk picking
Navigate to [Pick lists] > [Plans] and click [Create]. Or to get an overview of all Pick list Plans available first, click [Plans]. From this Pick list plans overview top-right corner, hover the [vertical ellipsis] and click [Create].
Once an appropriate Pick list Plan Name is entered, make sure the Pick List Type Bulk is selected. From the dropdown select [product] table, then search and select the product. Once the selection (set of rules) is applied, the list of Applicable (allocated) orders is presented at the bottom of the screen.
If this is a new Pick list plan, it requires to be activated first. Hover the [vertical ellipsis] and click on [Activate], then click on the [Update Pick list plan] button.
Now the Pick list Plan could be executed to generate the pick list for bulk picking. To do this, navigate to [Pick lists] > [Plans].
From this Pick list Plans overview, the Actions column will display the Release wave icon. Click on the [Release wave] icon to generate the pick lists for the applicable orders.
Once completed, navigate to [Pick lists]. This overview will show all Pick list, wether it belongs to a wave (Wave or Bulk) or pick lists that were generated individually (outside a wave). For bulk we display all related orders on one pick list.
To start picking assign (optional) the pick list to a Picker. Rather then displaying the order in the Pick Lists overview in the Pick App, we display the Pick List Plan Name, that shows the quantity to pick and the bin location to pick from.
The picker can scan all products in one or more totes. Once all products have been picked, the tote can be scanned into the [Orders] overview. This will show all related orders for this tote and the (Packer) may continue to further process these orders.