Staging and Closing Non-Manifest Orders Using RF

After you have picked an RF order, stage, as needed, and close it to complete the order and print the ticket. The system creates an entry in the order maintenance log any time the tote staging locations change.

Note: If you are managing cut products, see Handling Cut Products Using RF.

If you place picked orders in a staging area before closing them, the RF picking system does the following to help you in staging:

Tracks which totes have been staged for an order, and where they are staged.
Tracks the quantity of items on a staged tote.
Warns you if not all totes for an order have been staged before you close the order.

For example, your pick group is picking a large order. You finish picking your segment of the order and stage your tote. If you were to try to close the order after staging your tote but two operators still needed to stage their totes, the system would warn you that not all totes have been staged. You can close the order only after all totes have been staged.

If you are using non-manifest system-directed loading, do not close orders after staging. If needed, set the system to stop users from closing orders after staging.

Use the Disable Printing MTRs At RF Closecontrol maintenance record to skip printing the MTR documents when the picking process closes.

To stage and close an order:

From the Warehouse Management > RF Applications > RF Main Menu, select Picking to display the Pick In Process screen.

Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.

Use the Stage hot key to display the Staging Select screen.

The orders you have picked display on this screen, as well as any orders that you have staged but not closed.

Place the cursor on the order you want to stage or scan the tote you want to stage, and press Enter to display the Order Staging screen.

This screen displays the order number, customer, ship via, and status of the order in the top section. The tote number used for the order displays below Totes.

With the cursor in the Loc field, scan the location's bar code where you are staging the tote.

If defined in Customer Maintenance, the system enters a customer's staging location.
If defined in Ship Via Maintenance, the system enters a ship via's staging location.

In the pre-defined package quantity fields, enter the number of corresponding packages on the tote.

Note: Package types are defined in the Valid Package Typescontrol maintenance record.

After you have staged all of the totes on the order and entered their package quantities, do one of the following:

Press Esc to stage the order but not close it. This action returns you to the Staging Select screen where you can select another order to stage, if necessary.

Note: If the RF Automatically Close Order After Stagingcontrol maintenance record is set to Y, then the system automatically closes the order when all totes for the order are staged. DO NOT close orders that you want to load using non-manifest system-directed loading. For such orders, set the control maintenance record to N or Prompt. If needed, set the system to stop users from closing orders after staging.

Use the Close hot key to close the order and select the printer where you want to print the ticket, as needed.

If you use the e-mail print option for closing an order, the system sends the information without prices.

Note: Two scenarios can occur when you close an order. See below.

Press Esc to save updates and exit the screen.

Closing Orders without Staging

You can skip the staging process and close an order in RF picking. For example, if you are the only picker for a small order that is being shipped immediately, close it and print the ship ticket. You do not need to stage the order before closing it.

To close an order without staging it:

From the Warehouse Management > RF Applications > RF Main Menu, select Picking to display the Pick In Process screen.

Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.

Use the Stage hot key to display the Staging Select screen.

The orders you have picked display on this screen, as well as any orders that you have staged but not closed.

Place the cursor on the order you want to close or scan the tote you want to close, and press Enter to display the Order Staging screen.

Note: Use the Close All hot key to close all displayed orders, even those that have not been staged, and select the printer where you want the order tickets to print, as needed.

Use the Close hot key to close the order without staging it, and select the printer where you want the order ticket to print, as needed.

If you use the e-mail print option for closing an order, the system sends the information without prices.

Note: Two scenarios can occur when you close an order. See below.

The system saves updates and closes the screen.

Note: DO NOT close orders that you want to load using non-manifest system-directed loading. If needed, set the system to stop users from closing orders after staging.

Possible Scenarios for Closing Orders

When you close orders, two possible scenarios can occur:

If the RF Warn User At Order Close If All Totes Are Not Stagedcontrol maintenance record is set to Y, the system prompts you with "Not All Totes Are Staged. Close Anyway." Enter N to complete staging all totes for the order. Enter Y to close the order before all totes have been staged.

If the RF Automatically Close Order After Stagingcontrol maintenance record is activated, the system closes the order without warning you.

The Close Tote screen displays so you can close the tote or totes used to transport the order. These totes are then ready to be used for a new order.

This screen displays only if the RF Scan Final Tote Location At Order Closecontrol maintenance record is set to Tote. Complete the following process to close totes after closing an order.

To close a tote or totes used to transport a closed order:

On the Close Tote screen, scan all displayed totes that you want to close.

After scanning each tote, the system prompts you to scan the final location to which the order has been staged.

Note: You can also use the Final Loc hot key to scan the order's final location.

Scan the order's final staging location.

The system closes the selected tote or totes so that you can use them for new orders and returns you to the Staging Select screen.

More Options for Staging and Closing Orders

The Order Staging screen also offers these options.

Hot Keys	Function
Label	Displays the RF Label Printing screen, which you can use to print shipping labels.
Items	Displays the items picked. Use the Print Label hot key on this screen to access the RF Label Printing screen.
P	Prints the shipping ticket. You can use this hot key only when all totes for the order have been staged.