Current situation:
- We need to scan all the cartons on drop-off areas to find out whether the carton will be reopened (existing picking in another area, going to packing station). Based on the result we apply either Tape if there is no need to reopen the carton or Box Latch (plastic clip) for easy reopening of carton.
Potential modification:
We would like to use exception messages displayed by bots on drop-off area, in order to avoid additional scanning. So, the user immediately knows how to close the carton. The two points below will be the only decision points to display correct exception message.
- We should be able to send an indicator in some field of orderjob-new message. This parameter will determine, if the carton will go to packing station, so it will be reopened anyway.
- We would need Locus to check whether the carton has some open picking tasks
Example of exception message usage on drop-off:
- Carton should go to packing station – display message ‘Box Latch’
- Carton should not go to packing station and all Locus tasks for this carton are complete – display message ‘Tape’
- Carton Should not go to packing station but there are open pick tasks to be performed – display message ‘Box Latch’
