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Creating and Managing Pickup Sheets
Creating and Managing Pickup Sheets
Depending on your business requirements, you can create pickup sheets in two ways:
• Automatically, using Pickup Sheet Auto Create (5.5.3.19). Typically, this is appropriate when your ordering patterns—including supplier schedule releases—are mostly consistent and stable. In many cases, you might be able to use the option to confirm the pickup sheets at the time they are created, so the sheets do not require any manual manipulation at all in Pickup Sheet Maintenance.
• Manually, using Pickup Sheet Maintenance (5.5.3.20). The advantage of this method is that you have complete control over the sheets; you can adjust them as required before completing them by setting the status to Confirmed.
With either method, you can optimize the sheets—for example, to achieve as close to full truckloads as possible—by using a QAD-provided or custom-designed optimization rule.