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SSA Warehouse Management 4000

Wave Planning User Guide

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Copyright 2005 by SSA Global Technologies, Inc.

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Publication Information

Release: SSA

Warehouse Management 4000 Version 3.10

Publication Date: J uly 2005

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Overview........................................................................................................................1-1Objectives ..................................................................................................................................1-2

Chapter 2 Manpower Planning ......................................................................................................2-1Manpower/Time Planning ..........................................................................................................2-2

Specifying Default Units per Hour........................................................................................ 2-2Chapter 3 Manpower/Time Planning Summary ........................................................................... 3-1

Wave Summary..........................................................................................................................3-2Viewing the Manpower/Time Planning on a Wave...............................................................3-2Calculating the Number of Workers .....................................................................................3-4Calculating the Number of Hours......................................................................................... 3-5

Clearing Hours and Workers Results............................................................................. 3-6

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ii | Table of Contents

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Chapter 1Overview

The topics in this section provide an overview of the Enhanced Wave

Planning functionality added with the 3.10 release of SSA WarehouseManagement 4000 application.

The chapter consists of the following topics:

Topic Page

Objectives 1-2

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1-2 | Chapter 1 Overview

Objectives

The following functionality has been added to the system:

Display summary of wave information. The Total Eaches, Total Pallets,Total Cube, Total Net Weight, and Total Gross Weight display for eachorder, as well as a total summary of all orders on the wave.

Entry of Each, Case, and Pallets picked per hour, as well as the numberof workers. Based on this information the system calculates and displaysthe number of one hour worth of work on the wave.

Entry of Each, Case, and Pallets picked per hour, as well as the numberof hours available for the wave. Based on this information the systemcalculates and displays the number of workers needed to complete the

work on the wave.

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Chapter 2Manpower Planning


Topic Page

Manpower/Time Planning 2-2Specifying Default Units per Hour 2-2

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2-2 | Chapter 2 Manpower Planning

Manpower/Time Planning

To avoid having to enter the same rate information on the Manpower/TimePlanning screen for every Wave, enter default values on the Client Optionsscreen.

Specifying Default Units per Hour

To specify default units per hour:

1 Access Tools Client Options.

2 Enter the following Units per hour on the Defaults tab in the Wave Planningsection.

Eaches - number of Eaches a worker is able to process in one hour

Cases - number of Cases a worker is able to process in one hour

Pallets - number of pallets a worker is able to process in one hour

igure 2-1: Tools Client Options Defaults for Units per HourF

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Chapter 3Manpower/Time Planning Summary


Topic Page

Wave Summary 3-2Viewing the Manpower/Time Planning on a Wave 3-2Calculating the Number of Workers 3-4Calculating the Number of Hours 3-5

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3-2 | Chapter 3 Manpower/Time Planning Summary

Wave Summary

The enhancement to the existing Wave functionality now displays summaryinformation about the Wave and allows the user to calculate the number ofhours worth of work or number of workers needed.

To calculate hours worth of work, the user enters:

Eaches, cases, and pallets per worker

Number of workers available for the wave

To calculate the number of workers needed the user enters:

Eaches, cases, and pallets per hour

Number of hours available for the wave

Note: Users must create and allocate a wave before they can view data onthe Manpower and Time Planning screen.

Viewing the Manpower/Time Planning on a Wave

To view the Manpower/Time Planning on a Wave:

1 Access Task ManagerPlanningWave.2 Enter the Wave Number.

3 Right-click and apply search to retrieve the Wave.

4 Right-click and choose Wave Information.

5 Choose Manpower/Time Planning from the Wave Information menu.

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Wave Summary | 3-3

Figure 3-1: New menu option for Manpower/Time Planning

When the user selects Manpower/Time Planning the Manpower/TimePlanning screen displays. This screen displays the Wave Summary as wellas the individual summaries of the orders on the wave.

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Figure 3-2: Manpower/Time Planning Screen Wave and Order Detail Summary

The Rate Information is the average number of eaches, cases, and palletspicked in one hour in the warehouse. It is required in the calculations forWorkers and Hours and defaults to the Tools Client Options screen. Userscan edit these numbers at any time on the Wave screen.

Calculating the Number of WorkersTo Calculate Number of Workers:

1 Enter data for at least one of the Eaches, Cases and Pallets in the Hourcolumn on the Manpower/Time Planning screen.

2 Right-click and choose Calculate Results.

Note: The calculations for Number of Workers to complete the picks on aWave is Planning Units / (Planning Hours*Rate of Picking).

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Wave Summary | 3-5

Figure 3-3: Manpower/Time Planning (Number of Workers)

Calculating the Number of Hours

To Calculate Number of Hours:

1 Enter the data for at least one of the Eaches, Cases and Pallets in theWorkers column on the Manpower/Time Planning screen.

2 Right-click and choose Calculate Results.

Note: The calculation for the Number of Hours to complete the picks for theWave is Planning Units / (Rate of Picking* Planning Workers).

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Figure 3-4: Manpower/Time Planning (Number of Hours)

Clearing Hours and Workers Results

To clear the hours and workers results right-click and choose Clear All.

Figure 3-5: Clearing Results

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