Group the work.Choose the route.Link every pick.
Group sales orders into a pick wave and pick the way your orders suit: one order at a time, each item once, or a cart of totes.
A planned path through the warehouse.
Follow one wave
Orders Grouped into One Wave
Group sales orders into a pick wave.
How picking works: waves, strategies, put wall and kiosk picks
1. Orders Grouped into One Wave
Group sales orders into a pick wave.
Choose the strategy for the wave.
Release it to the pickers.
- Orders
- Sales orders come from sales & purchasing.
Which orders go together is your team's call.
Wave W-0088
Afternoon
- Orders
- SO-3101 to SO-3106
- Lines
- 14
- Strategy
- Wave · cart
- Put wall
- Not needed
- Released
- Supervisor
One wave across several orders.
2. Discrete, Batch or Wave
Discrete: one order, one tote.
Batch: each item picked once across orders, then sorted.
Wave: a cart with one tote per order.
- Slotting
- ABC classes help keep fast movers close.
Walking routes depend on how your bins are laid out.
Pick Strategy
Choose one
- Discrete
- One order, one tote
- Batch
- Each item once, then sort
- Wave
- One tote per order
- Put wall
- Optional after batch
- Best for
- Your order mix
Pick the way your orders suit.
3. Lot-Aware Picks at the Kiosk
Kiosk pick screens guide each pick.
Lots follow your FEFO or FIFO rule.
Material-issue picks for work orders use the same screens.
- Production
- See material issue for work-order picks.
Scanners and carts are set up at implementation.
Cart · W-0088
Kiosk pick
- Bin
- A-02-3 · scanned
- Lot
- R-4410-1 · earliest expiry
- Tote 3
- SO-3103 · 2 bags
- Tote 4
- SO-3104 · next
- Rule
- FEFO
The lot is right before it goes in the tote.
4. Ready for Packing and Shipping
Each order keeps the lots that were picked for it.
Packing and shipping carry on from the wave.
The trace runs from the shipment back to receipt.
- Shipping
- Bills of lading and packing slips come from the shipment.
Carrier labels and documents follow your shipping setup.
Wave W-0088
Complete
- Totes
- 6 of 6 picked
- Short picks
- None
- Lots
- Kept per order
- Next
- Pack and ship
- Picked by
- Who and when
Each order keeps the lots it got.
Where picking fits
Picking takes stock from known bins to the orders waiting for it.
- WMSPut away, pick and count with each move recorded.See WMS
- This pagePicking & wavesDiscrete, batch or wave picking across orders.
- ShippingPick, pack and ship orders with the lots that went out.See Shipping
- Replenishment & SlottingRefill pick faces at their reorder point.See Replenishment & Slotting
AI and Picking & waves
Pick from recorded availability
Pick from recorded availability
Ask V5 about discrete, batch and wave picking. Orders, locations and stock status guide picking; these are configured workflow controls.
Everything in this feature
What picking uses, and which plan each item needs. Compare plans
Pick waves
All plansAcross sales orders.
Discrete, batch and wave
All plansChoose per wave.
Put-wall sortation
All plansOptional after a bulk pick.
Kiosk pick screens
All plansShipping and material-issue picks.
V5 guides the pick. People decide how to handle a short pick.
Explore the sample records.
Open a sample report to review its contents, supporting references and how the record is built.
UltimateSample register
Pick wave W-0088 (CSV)
Ship & trace
- Ultimate
Sample report
Packing Slip
Ship & trace
Inventory & Traceability: the Practical Operations Guide
From goods-in to dispatch: practical controls for locations, usable stock, movements, counting, picking and traceability. Use it with or without V5.
- The stock record and goods-in
- Locations people can find
- Eligible versus on-hand stock
- Movements, counting and adjustments
Plus Picking, dispatch and traceability; Quality handover, planning and connections; Five working tools: dataset, exception tests, timed trace challenge, trial scoring, pilot plan.
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Straight answers.
What buyers ask us first about Warehouse & Traceability.
Do we need scanners and label printers?
Scanning and printing work best with handheld scanners and label printers. Each device is confirmed during setup, so check your models with us before you buy.
Can we keep stock on hold until quality approves it?
Yes. A lot can be held, and held stock shows as unavailable for picking until a person in quality releases it.
How fast can we trace a lot?
From any lot you can follow it back to its supplier or forward to batches and shipments. How complete that is depends on every move being scanned.
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