Lesson 25: Task Management Seeing how tasks to accomplish activities are defined and viewed

Lesson 25: Task Management

Seeing how tasks to accomplish activities are defined and viewed

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Objectives

After completing this unit, you should be able to:– Describe Activity Groups and Activity Codes– Define Tasks Types– Manage Task Exceptions

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What is an Activity Group?

A system defined categorization of all the activities that support a process in a Node

Highest level in the Task Management Hierarchy

Governs Putaway and Retrieval Preferences


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What is an Activity Code?

Represents a unique physical activity performed to support a process in a warehouse


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The Task Management Framework

Provides the infrastructure to perform specific physical activities in a warehouse

Task Management configuration enables you to set up your warehouse to:– Optimize node throughput – Maximize worker efficiency


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What is a Task?

A discrete unit of work performed in a warehouse

A single Task Request may result in the creation of multiple tasks

Example: – Move 10 each of NFES 000010 from Loc A to Loc B

Can be dependent on one another

Can be batched together for efficient execution


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What is a Task Request?

Communicates the details of a task that needs to be performed

Can be initiated:– By business process modeling as part of a transaction in a

pipeline

Putaway Tasks are generated on closing a Receipt– By authorized users including users external to the node

User generates a Move Request to move items to the Quality Check location for Inspection


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What is a Summary Task?

-Grouping of related tasks that support completion of an activity

-Has attributes such as a non-summary task

-May be made up of other summary tasks and/or non-summary tasks


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What is a Task Type?

A configured code that represents a unique physical activity in a node

Controls the creation and execution process of an activity

Task Type examples:– RF Putaway to Storage– Paper Batched Putaway

to Storage

– Order Pick


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Task Execution Exception

Occurs when a task cannot be executed as presented to the user

Can trigger:– Configured system defined processes to occur– Implementation specific service flow to occur

Example Exceptions:– Material cannot be picked from suggested location– Material cannot be deposited in suggested location– Task is being skipped by User

Examples of System defined process:– Alternate Location Selection– Freeze Location– Hold Task


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Defining a Task Execution Exception


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View Task Detail


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Task Console


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Viewing Task Details


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Lesson 14 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned:– The Task Management Framework is an infrastructure that

enables placement and monitoring of requests to perform specific physical activities in a Node

– A Task Type is a configured code that represents a unique physical process in a Node

– A Task Execution Exception occurs when a task cannot be executed as presented to the user


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Lesson 25: Task Management Seeing how tasks to accomplish activities are defined and viewed