Problem:
Right now to use packing in mobile device user must have assigned Packing profile ID and Container packing policy. When there are multiple packing stations for different tasks (e.g. packing full pallets, packing mix pallets, packing boxes) we need to either make the most generic setup or worker needs to have different Work users and logins.
It is especially crucial when using Outbound Sorting, because container must be closed with Container release policy = Assign container to outbound sorting position. User has to have multiple logins, if we want to pack pallets and move them by work and simultaneously pack containers and sort them.
Solution:
Mobile device container packing policies should have Packing profile ID and Container packing policy fields. Packing policy ID should also be used with Container creation Activity code.
Menu items should first take Packing profile ID and Container packing policy from assigned Mobile device container packing policies and if empty then they can look into those assigned to the user.
Benefits:
This way we could setup multiple menu items, each for an individual purpose. For example:
- Packed pallets should be moved by work, and packed containers use Assigned container to outbound sorting position
- Packing pallets can automatically create container with fixed container type and packing containers can ask for a given container type.
Also if user will not need multiple logins it will be easier to track his workload and efficiency.