Once a manifest's totes are ready to be loaded, use the Tote Loading function to load the manifest onto a delivery vehicle
You can load a manifest's totes in one of the following ways:
System-directed - The system directs you to load a manifest's totes in reverse-delivery sequence. Product on totes being delivered last is loaded first and product on totes being delivered first is loaded last. System-directed loading is the default for Tote Loading.
User-directed - You select the sequence in which to load a manifest's totes, but the system verifies that the tote is being loaded in reverse-delivery sequence.
After you load the delivery vehicle, the system prints a packing list for each transfer or sales order on the manifest. You can give this list to your branches or customers so that they can verify the order against it.
The packing list can display the following information:
Customer name and shipping address.
Your company's name and shipping address.
Shipment number and shipment date.
Carrier name and bill of lading, if applicable.
Container IDs and the items in each container.
Purchase order IDs.
The total number of items in the shipment stop.
In the
To load a manifest's totes in system-directed mode:
From the Warehouse Management > RF Applications > RF Main Menu menu, selectLoad Truckto display the Truck Load screen.
Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.
Use the Directed hot key to put the Load Truck function in directed-mode, if necessary.
In the Tote field, scan the first tote, manifest ID, or staging location to indicate the manifest stop that you want to load.
The system displays the first tote for the stop that you need to load. You can load a different tote as long as it is for the same stop as the displayed tote.
Note: The system must assign totes the proper load status before you can load them onto the delivery vehicles. Define tote statuses in the
Note: Once you scan a tote to load, the system locks that tote to your user ID. No one else can select this tote to load.
If you scan the incorrect truck ID, the system warns you that you have scanned the wrong truck and re-directs you to the correct truck. Scan the correct truck ID.
Once you have loaded all totes onto the truck, the system generates the packing list.
Repeat steps 3-5 for each tote on the manifest.
Press Esc to save updates and exit the screen.
Note: All loaded totes are logged in the Product Activity Log.
To load a manifest's totes in user-directed mode:
From the Warehouse Management > RF Applications > RF Main Menu menu, selectLoad Truckto display the Truck Load screen.
Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.
Use the Undirected hot key to put the Load Truck function in undirected-mode.
If the tote is out of delivery sequence the system warns you and asks if you want to continue loading the tote.
Note: The system must assign totes the proper load status before you can load them onto the delivery vehicles. Define tote statuses in the
At the prompt, enter Y to load the tote even though it is out of delivery sequence. Enter N to scan and load another tote.
In the Truck ID field, scan the truck onto which you are loading the tote once you have scanned the tote you want to load.
If you scan the incorrect truck ID, the system warns you that you have scanned the wrong truck and re-directs you to the correct truck. Scan the correct truck ID.
Once you have loaded all totes onto the truck, the system generates the packing list.
Repeat steps 3-6 for each tote on the manifest.
Press Esc to save updates and exit the screen.
Note: All loaded totes are logged in the Product Activity Log.
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