Alternate Task Maintenance
Alternate Task Maintenance (4.11.1.5) is an optional program you can use to define subcategories of tasks. Tasks are generally associated with specific inventory movements.
Example: Task Transfer has a subtask Transfer1 to cover a transfer of inventory between specific locations.
Alternate Task Maintenance (4.11.1.5)
Example: A receipt within a specific work location group or storage location group can be confirmed by a specific individual.
Within Alternate Task Maintenance, tasks can be set up for specific transactions. These alternate tasks can later be associated with individuals or specific groups. Alternate tasks are only necessary if not enough standard tasks can cope with the distribution of labor within the warehouse.
Complete the fields as follows:
Alternate Task
Indicate the alternate task name.
Description
Indicate the description of the alternate task defined above. This description is typically related to labor management.
Comments
Indicate whether additional comments are required for this task.
Task
Indicate the standard task for this alternate task.
Sequence
Indicate the sequence in which the alternate tasks should be considered, as defined in Task Assignment Maintenance.
From and To Site
Indicate the effective transaction from and to site. These fields are not range fields; they are the actual transaction from site and transaction to site.
From and To Warehouse
Indicate the effective transaction from/to warehouse.
From and To SLG
Indicate the effective transaction from/to storage location group.
From and To WLG
Indicate the effective transaction from/to work location group.
From and To Location
Indicate the effective transaction from/to location.
Confirmation Mode
Indicate the default confirmation method for this alternate task type.
• A confirmation mode of AUTO requires the user to perform a movement confirmation.
• A confirmation mode of MANUAL is confirmed by the confirmation engine.
