Assigning Algorithms to a Lane

QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > User Guides > Warehousing > Wave Planning > Setting Up Wave Planning > Assigning Algorithms to a Lane

Use Algorithm Assignment Maintenance (4.6.9) to assign an algorithm to a shipping lane. Specify LA as the Algorithm Type for a shipping lane; see Algorithm Assignment Maintenance (4.6.9), Shipping Lane.

For both shipping lanes and docks, you can define a combination of algorithms. The system finds a shipping lane using the first algorithm in the list. If it does not find any, it considers the next algorithm to use, and so on.

See Algorithm Assignment.

Note: When the automatic wave release is active, the system can use a lane assignment algorithm (5) that selects the last lane previously selected for the same wave. See here.

Algorithm Assignment Maintenance (4.6.9), Shipping Lane

You need to assign one or more algorithms to a site/warehouse, specifying the LA algorithm type. The different available algorithms include:

1: Merge with same carrier. The system looks for a shipping lane in use for a given carrier.

2: Find empty shipping lane. The system looks for an unassigned shipping lane.

3: Find shipping lane by best load (active tasks). The system looks for a shipping lane with the lowest number of tasks assigned to it.

4: Find a dedicated unique lane for carrier. The system considers carriers assigned to a specific shipping lane in Lane/Dock Maintenance. A carrier can only be assigned to one shipping lane. See here.

5: Find the last previously selected shipping lane to use when automatic wave release is active. See here.