Using the Cut Product Queue

The Cut Product Queue provides the person who manages product cutting in the warehouse, a way to assign cuts based on orders, customers, cut groups, or similar products. The warehouse manager or cutter assigns users to orders that have products to cut, advances the step to cutting and when the cuts are completed advance the step to complete. The queue can be used for RF and Non-RF warehouses.

Note: Orders that have a ship via defined for auto-processing do not display in the Cut Product Queue.

To display the Cut Product Queue:

From the Orders > Queues menu, select Cut Product Queue.
Use the header fields to filter the queue, if needed, using the following:

Option	Description
Branch/Territory/All	Enter the branch, branches or territories to display.
Step	Enter the step for which to display orders, such as Open. To display all orders in an active status, leave this field blank. To display only completed orders, enterCompletein the Step and clickUpdate. The system displaysonlycompleted orders. Then, re-display the queue in theStepfield, enter a new step or leave blank and clickUpdate. Valid steps are Open, Cutting, and Complete.
Cut Group	Enter the group for which you want to limit the display, such as Parallel.
Cutter	Enter the cutter for which to display orders. To display all orders, leave this field blank.
Status	Enter the status to limit the queue to only orders currently in that status, such as W - Call When Specified.
Customer	Limits the queue to specific customers.
Ship Via	Selects the orders based on delivery method.
Batch Number	For RF branches, the queue automatically assigns a batch number to the cuts that were selected and advanced to the cutting step. You can use the Batch# filter to re-select all your cuts once you have completed cutting.
Product	Select certain products to cut.
Zone	Select from the following options: Filter the queue based on pick location zone. Select products that are not defined as cuttable and add them to the queue based on pick location zone. This is only for RF branches and allows you to use the function of the Cut Product Queue to manage other special item picks, such as pipe. You must set the Enable Zone Selection of Non-Cut Products control maintenance record to Yes.

In the Order Type area, select which order type you want to use for the queue filter or select Both to run for both types. Order types are Sales Orders and Transfers.
In the Select Branch area, select which branch type you want to use for the queue filter. Options are Ship Branch, Default, or Price Branch.
Click Update to populate the queue.

Note: To display summary information for this queue at all times, add a Cut Product Queue widget to your Solar Eclipse Solar Desktop.

To move a line item to the next step in the process, select the line item, and use the Advanced to Next Step button from the header.
After you make the cuts, with the queue status in the window indicating "Cutting," select the Advance to Next Step button. The system opens the Cut Product Queue popup window.
In the Cut Product Queue popup window, enter information in the Staging Location field to specify the area to take to the cut product.
In the appropriate package type fields, enter the number of packages containing the material that you cut. You can make an entry in more than one field.
Specify the package types by editing the Valid Package Types record, in the Control Maintenance Record window.

Click Yes to save your package and staging information.

More Options for Using Cut Product Queue

Once the queue is displayed, you can do the following, as needed.

To...	Do this...
save the header settings	From the File menu, select Save Settings. This option saves the headers so that each time you return to the Cut Product Queue, the system uses the last settings saved.
sort the queue	Click the column header to sort alphabetically by that column information. If you want to sort by multiple columns, use the Append Sort Ascending or Descending options (available if you right-click the column header). You can save the sort by clicking the Save Setting option.
assign cutters	Select cutters and assign them to cut products on an order. A cutter receives a Cut Ticket when an order advances to Cutting giving them the precise cuts and lengths required for an order. If not cutter is defined, you are prompted to assign a cutter when advancing the step cutting.
change steps	From the Edit menu, select Advance to Next Step or Go Back to Previous Step. Use the Advanced to Next Step button from the header, if needed, to move the line to the next process step. After a cuttable product on an order is placed in an in-process status in the Cut Product Queue, you must have the OE.CUT.TAG.EDIT authorization key to break the tag and make edits to the line on the order.
update or view locations	From the View menu, select Change View > Default to display the Location column. You can manually select the pick location for the cut product, if the order is set to Open. If you do not select a location, the system assigns a location based on your settings in Location Maintenance when the order advances to In Process. The location displays in the queue.
change views	From the View menu, select Change View to select different columns on the queue to best suit your needs: Note: The system always displays the Process, Ship Br, and Order # regardless of the remaining column views selected. Default View - Process; Ship Branch; Order#; Ship Date; Cut Length; Product Description; Cut Group; Avail Date; Step; Cutter; Status; Ship Via. Staging View - Process; Ship Branch; Order#; Ship Date; Cut Length; Product Description; Cut Group; Step; Cutter; Status; Staging Location; Ship Via. Batch Number View - Process; Ship Branch; Order#; Ship Date; Cut Length; Product Description; Cut Group; ; Step; Cutter; Status; Batch Number; Ship Via. Customer View - Process; Ship Branch; Order#; Customer; Ship Date; Cut Length; Product Description; Cut Group; ; Step; Status; Ship Via. User-Defined Maintenance - Create your own view with the available columns to display only those columns you use most. Note: As of Release 9.0.6, you can add the Tag ID, Tag Receiving Date, and Tag Status columns using User Defined Maintenance.
display related cut charges, reel options, stack options, and cut comments	In the Cut Product Queue, under the Options menu, select Show Detail Pane to see all the cut options that were selected for the line item your cursor is on.
automatically refresh the queue	From the Selection menu, select Auto-Update. At the prompt, indicate how many minutes after which you want the queue to refresh. You can enter or scan the batch number to auto-select the products without clicking Update. This also checks all the boxes for all the products in the batch. Note: We recommend leaving the auto-update turned off, if you use the queue for longer periods of time as the refresh does not auto-save and it is possible that you may lose your work.
toggle displayed information between ship branch or price branch	In the Select Branch area, select Ship Branch or Price Branch and click Update.
purge the queue	Close the Cut Product Queue. From the Maintenance menu, select Merge/Purge > Purge Cut Product File Queue.
review product location information for the cut items	Right-click on the line item and select Product Location Maintenance.
make inquiries to other parts of the system	Select from the following: Product Maintenance Location Maintenance Inventory Inquiry Primary Inventory Inquiry Future Ledger History Ledger Sales History