Building Manifests for RF

You must build shipping manifests for RF manifest picking. You can build manifests in two ways:

Fleet Maintenance – The system automatically pre-builds manifests by sending orders that are assigned ship vias enabled in fleet routing to the Shipping Manifest Queue. It then releases manifest orders for picking in a reverse delivery sequence.

For example, use Fleet Maintenance to build a manifest. When you release the manifest to RF manifest picking, the system displays picks in the order of their delivery. Users then pick, stage, audit, and load orders onto the truck from the last delivery to the first delivery. This method ensures that orders delivered first are at the tail of the truck and orders delivered last are at the nose of the truck.

Routing tickets – If you do not use Fleet Maintenance, you can set routing tickets to print for all of your branch's ship vias that you want to include in manifest picking. Each time a sales or transfer order is added to a defined ship via and released, the routing ticket for the order will print. Use these routing tickets to manually build a manifest and to direct the sequence in which each order is picked.

For example, set routing tickets to print for all necessary ship vias. Manually build your manifest by entering the routing tickets in the sequence you want each order delivered. When you release the manifest to RF manifest picking, the system displays picks in the order of their delivery. Users then pick, stage, audit, and load orders onto the truck from the last delivery to the first delivery. This method ensures that orders delivered first are at the tail of the truck and orders delivered last are at the nose of the truck.

Note: You do not have to print routing tickets to manually build a manifest. You can also find the orders to add to the manifest in the Warehouse In Process Status Queue, and then manually build the manifest using the correct order numbers.

To pre-build a shipping manifest using Fleet Maintenance:

Enable the regular delivery ship vias in all delivery branches for Fleet Maintenance.
Build fleet maintenance schedules.
Set up automatic scheduling for shipping manifests.
When you enter an order, assign it a ship via on the Order Entry Status screen.

Note: The ship via needs to be enabled for fleet routing and needs to be on the fleet schedule.

Release the order.

The system places the order in a manifest based upon its ship via and fleet schedule.

On the Shipping Manifest Queue screen, display the manifest for the order to make sure it is on the correct manifest.
When the manifest is complete, release the manifest order for picking.

To manually build a shipping manifest using routing tickets:

Enable the regular delivery ship vias in all delivery branches for manifest picking.
If you want to build the manifest with routing tickets, set routing tickets to print for all ship vias you want to use for manifest picking.
Disable Fleet Maintenance for the branch you are using in manifest picking, as needed.
When you enter an order, assign it a ship via on the Order Entry Status screen.

Note: The ship via needs to be enabled for routing ticket printing.

Release the order.
If you are using routing tickets to build the manifest, gather the tickets that you want to put on the shipping manifest, and organize these tickets in the sequence you want to deliver each order.

Note: You do not have to use routing tickets to manually build a manifest. You can also find the orders to add to the manifest in the Warehouse In Process Status Queue, and then manually build the manifest using the correct order numbers.

Manually build a shipping manifest.

For each order on the manifest, define a staging location.
When the manifest is complete, release the manifest order for picking.