The following sections describe setup, processing, and monitoring for container move functionality, which includes features that:

There are several steps involved to complete the setup for container moving. Once completed, all processing takes place on the RF device. Although you can define any location for moving containers, the examples, figures, and paragraphs in this section focus on setting up a truck as a location. Container Move Setup shows the setup tasks for container move functionality.

You must define an internal routing group (IRG) for all truck locations in Internal Routing Group Maintenance (4.2.1). To do this:

See Internal Routing Group Maintenance for details.

If you optionally define a stage location instead of a truck location, you must define the IRG for the stage location, not the truck location. By defining an IRG for a stage location rather than a truck location, you let staff perform the following movements:

See Defining an Optional Stage Location.

Staff cannot return to the stock area or any other IRG from the stage area. If you require staff to perform this type of return movement, build a custom IR assignment program.

See Customizing Internal Routings.

To use container move features, you must set up the truck as a location and specify its storage location group and storage type. For example, you can define a Truck location and specify the storage location group and storage type as Truck. When a truck is defined as a storage location, you can use functions to report on truck capacity and contents and the warehousing system can use the truck location for storage.

Use Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13) to specify storage location and work location groups for the truck. Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13), Truck Location shows the fields to set.

See Warehouse Location Maintenance.

Optionally, you can define a stage location—a shipment staging area—instead of a truck location. To do this, in Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13), set the same fields for a stage location that you do for a truck location; see Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13), Truck Location.

You must print the shipper before using truck-loading features. Typically you print the shipper before confirming the shipment. To do this, you must assign a form printer to either the:

The system looks first for a printer assigned to the user who is logged onto the RF device and performing the truck loading, then for a form printer assigned to the WLG of the truck location.

Create a work location group for the truck location with Work Location Group Maintenance (4.3.9). You can associate the user with the truck work location group in User Work Location Group Maintenance (4.11.3.13). Then define print options for that user.

See Assigning Users to a WLG.

If you do not set up printers for a combination of user and work location group, use Work Location Group Maintenance to assign the form printer to the work location group in the Printing frame.

You must define an internal routing (IR) for the truck load transaction type. Define the internal routing for type LOC-TR with a single step that moves to the truck IRG.

Define a single-step movement that lets staff move items:

Use Internal Routing Maintenance (4.2.5) to define a one-phase movement for the truck. A one-phase internal routing represents movement within the IRG.

See Internal Routing Maintenance.

You must link the truck load internal routing to the truck location transfer transaction. Use Internal Routing Assignment Maintenance (4.2.9) to assign an internal routing to the LOC-TR transaction.

See here.

When you set up internal routings for a truck or stage location, typically staff cannot return to the stock area or any other IRG from the truck or stage area. If you require staff to perform this type of return movement, build a custom IR assignment program. You must consider the different combinations between the truck/stage area and the IRGs.

Specify the custom program in Internal Routing Assignment Maintenance (4.2.9) by:

When you run the custom program, you must provide the input fields that enable the program to decide which IR to assign.

You define the truck as a destination location by:

If you do not specify a truck location, the system uses the warehouse as the truck location; however, warehouse staff can override the warehouse location and manually enter a valid truck location or stage area on the RF device.

Set up container move options in the Batch Picking Control (4.15.24) Container Move frame.