Goods issue via Pick-to-box

Process description

This process can only be used in conjunction with JTL-WMS Mobile. The items are packed into one-order-only boxes directly during picking. These boxes are located on mobile picking trolleys, which the worker moves around the warehouse while processing the pick list. Any number of picking trolleys can be used. Each picking trolley can have any number of boxes. Each picking trolley and each box on the trolley must be provided with a unique ID so that it is always clear which box or trolley is meant.

When picking is started, the employee specifies which picking trolley they are working with. JTL-WMS then creates a pick list. The maximum number of sales orders on the pick list corresponds to the number of boxes on the picking trolley. During picking, JTL-WMS Mobile guides the employee through the storage locations on the pick list in a route-optimised manner. At each location, the employee has to pick the required item and pack it into a box on the trolley. This box is displayed to the employee on the mobile app. This means that at the end of the picking process, each box contains all items of an order.

The trolley can now be taken directly to the packing station. By scanning the box (if it has a bar code) or manually entering the box number, the employee confirms this sales order. They can now print the label and, if necessary, the delivery note by clicking the “Pack” button. The shipping notifications are automatically sent to the recipient and platform. Now the employee can continue with the next box and thus the next order.

Advantages

• Secure process for sales orders with several items: Sales orders cannot be mixed up because the sales orders are collected in separate boxes directly at the picking location.
• Lean process: With just one scan and one click, the entire sales order, including printing all forms, the shipping label, and the shipping notification, can be completed.
• Scalable: New picking trolleys in many different sizes can be added at any time.

Disadvantages

• Orders cannot be pre-picked: All items for sales orders that are to be processed with Pick-to-box must first be posted to a storage location. Exception: Goods issue via Pick-to-box with pre-packing
• A division into several picking zones can be disadvantageous if the items are not stored chaotically across the warehouse: It must be possible to complete a sales order using a picking-zone-specific pick list template. Only then can the sales order be placed on a pick list for Pick-to-box. However, if the items are chaotically distributed over the warehouse, this is not a problem.

Creating pick lists

To process sales orders via Shipping boxes, standard pick lists are used. It is not possible to use EazyShipping pick lists.

Pick lists form the basis of the shipping process. Pick lists bundle several sales orders to enable route-optimised picking.
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Special case of Pick-to-box: Pick list templates for the processes Shipping boxes, EazyShipping and Mobile PackingBench are created in JTL-WMS in Settings > Pick list templates menu. However, pick lists for Pick-to-box can only be created with JTL-WMS Mobile.

Picking

Using the Pick-to-box process in the JTL-WMS Mobile App, goods are picked and transferred to the individual boxes on the picking trolley. Each box corresponds to a sales order, and at the end of the picking process, each box contains all the items of an order. These can now be packed.

Packing boxes

The filled boxes can now be packed. This is done in JTL-WMS using the Pack boxes dialogue.

Pick-to-box with pre-picking

Video

Pick-to-box

In this video we explain the goods issue via rolling picking in JTL-WMS.