Efficiency of Picking and Packing

Form ID: (SO402020)

You can use this form to review the picking and packing statistics that can help you review the productivity metrics of warehouse workers and build a well-coordinated process of picking or packing.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu.

Selection Area

You can use the settings in this area to narrow the range of records listed in the table or to expand the displayed data to provide additional information.


Element	Description
Warehouse	The warehouse in which users performed the picking or packing operations for which you want to review statistics.
Start Date	The beginning date of the range for which you want to review the picking and packing statistics. You must specify a date to review the statistics.
End Date	The end date of the range for which you want to review the picking or packing statistics.
Expand by Day	A check box that you select to expand the inquiry results with the dates of the picking or packing operations. That is, the system displays a separate row for each date on which picking and packing operations were performed within the selected range of dates. If this check box is selected, the Day column appears in the table with the inquiry results. By default, this check box is cleared.
Expand by User	A check box that you select to expand the inquiry results with the usernames of warehouse workers. That is, the system displays a separate row for each user who performed picking and packing operations. If this check box is selected, the User box in the Selection area becomes available, and the User column appears in the table with the inquiry results. By default, this check box is cleared.
User	The name of the user whose picking or packing statistics you want to review. This box is available only if the Expand by User check box is selected.
Expand by Pick List	A check box that you select to expand the inquiry results with the reference numbers of pick lists for which the picking or packing operations were performed. This pick list may contain a single shipment or a may be a part of a picking worksheet. You can select the applicable document as follows: If you select the Shipment Nbr. option button, you can select a shipment in the adjacent box. If you select the Worksheet Nbr. option button, you can select a picking worksheet in the adjacent box. If this check box is selected, the Pick List Nbr. column appears in the table with the inquiry results. By default, this check box is cleared.
Shipment Nbr.	An option button that you select to be able to select a shipment in the adjacent box. This box shows the number of the shipment for which you want to review the picking or packing statistics. The option button is available for selection only if the Expand by Pick List check box is selected. If the option button is selected, the lookup table for the box shows only shipments for single-shipment pick lists. The following shipments are not shown: For a wave pick list, shipments included in the wave For a batch pick list, shipments included in the batch and those for which the pick list has not been created
Worksheet Nbr.	An option button that you select to be able to select a picking worksheet in the adjacent box. The option button is available for selection only if the Expand by Pick List check box is selected.

Table 1. Table Columns
Column	Description
Day	The date when the picking or packing operations were performed. This column appears only if the Expand by Day check box is selected in the Selection area, which causes a separate row to be shown for each date within the date range.
Start Date	The start date and time of the range for which the picking or packing statistics are shown. This column appears if the Expand by Day check box is cleared in the Selection area.
End Date	The end date and time of the range for which the picking or packing statistics are shown. This column appears only if the Expand by Day check box is cleared in the Selection area.
Total Time	If the Expand by Day, Expand by User, and Expand by Shipment check boxes are cleared, this column shows the total time spent on the picking or packing operations within the selected date range. If the Expand by Day check box is selected, this column shows the total time spent on picking or packing the operations for the date whose statistics are shown in this row. If the Expand by User check box is selected, the column shows the total time of the user whose statistics are shown in this row. If the Expand by Shipment check box is selected, the column shows the total time of the shipment whose statistics are shown in this row. The total time is the difference between the time of the first activity and the last activity on the Pick, Pack, and Ship (SO302020) form calculated for the selection criteria you have specified, which may include the date range, day, shipment, or user.
Operation Type	The type of the performed operations.
User	The user who performed the picking or packing operations. This column appears only if the Expand by User check box is selected in the Selection area.
Warehouse	The warehouse for which the pick list is created (which means that the shipments in this pick list are of this warehouse).
Pick List Number	The number of the pick list for which the picking or packing operations were performed. This column appears only if the Expand by Pick List check box is selected in the Selection area.
Number of Lines	The number of picked or packed lines in the shipment or shipments whose data is shown in this row.
Number of Packages	The number of packages that were confirmed for the shipment or shipments whose data is shown in this row.
Number of Unique Items	The number of unique stock items that were picked or packed for the shipment or shipments whose data is shown in this row.
Number of Unique Locations	The number of unique warehouse locations that were specified in the lines of the shipment or shipments whose data is shown in this row.
Total Qty.	The total quantity of stock items that were picked or packed for the shipment or shipments whose data is shown in this row.
Number of Useful Operations	The number of useful operations required to pick or pack the shipment or shipments whose data is shown in this row. Note: Useful means that operations required to pick or pack items in the pick list without errors have been completed without errors. For example, scanning an item is considered as a useful operation, but the removal is not because this means that the user has previously made a mistake, which resulted in an error, and is trying to correct it.
Number of Actual Operations	The number of all the scanning operations that a user performs for a pick list.
Number of Errors	The number of all the scanning operations per shipment or per pick list that have resulted in an error.
Actual Time	The actual time spent on the picking or packing operations within the selected date range if the Expand by Day, Expand by User, and Expand by Shipment check boxes are cleared. If the Expand by Day check box is selected, this column shows the actual time spent on picking or packing the operations for the date whose statistics are shown in this row. If the Expand by User check box is selected, this column shows the actual time for the user whose statistics are shown in this row. If the Expand by Shipment check box is selected, the column shows the actual time on picking or packing operations for the shipment shown in this row. The actual time is the sum of the differences between the start time and end time of activities on the Pick, Pack, and Ship (SO302020) form calculated for the selection criteria you have specified, which may include the date range, day, shipment, or user.
Efficiency (Operations per Min.)	The efficiency of the picking and packing operations for the shipment or shipments whose data is shown in this row. The system calculates this efficiency as the number of useful operations divided by the number of minutes of the actual time.